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• - The biology of anthrax
  
• - A discusses on anthrax treatment in children, including the possible side effects of antibiotics.
  
• - Includes a FAQ on the disease, its symptoms, treatment, and possible use as a terrorist weapon, and a diagram of the effects of inhaling anthrax spores.
  
• - Case study of one incident in North Carolina, 1987.
  
• - Anthrax threat, anthrax infection, anthrax vaccine and prevention.
  
• - Article by Hilarie Cranmer, MD.
  
• - The arrest of two men in Las Vegas on charges of carrying stocks of the anthrax virus highlights how easy it is to make weapons of mass destruction. And to some terrorism experts, that's a lot scarier than Saddam Hussein.
  
• - Site contains relevant news and health information related to recent Anthrax incidents.
  
• - The Sengent drug design optimization lab is working to quickly and efficiently identify an orally available small molecule drug (a pill) to counteract the lethality of Anthrax and other potential biological weapons.
  
• - Links to news releases and sites related to the disease as a biological weapon.
  
• - The Infectious Diseases Department at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati provides information resources pertaining to anthrax.
  
• - treatment.
  
• - What is anthrax? How is it transmitted? What are the symptoms? Find out here!
  
• - Features an analysis of intentionally-spread anthrax in the United States. Includes chronology of the event, case studies, and related links.
  
• - From Time Magazine, latest information on anthrax and protection from anthrax.
  
• - Common sense information about anthrax. Includes a summary of public health recommendations and glossary, with links to quality information and lesson plans for teachers.
  
• - Plain English site giving lots of information about the U.S. DoD Total Force Anthrax Innoculation Program
  
• - The Official DoD Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) Web Site. Your definitive source for information about anthrax - the disease, the threat, the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine and the implementation of the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization P
  
• - Concern about deliberate use of disease agents as bioterrorism weapons presently focuses on anthrax and smallpox.
  
• - Details of the UK's voluntary programme of anthrax immunisation for service and civilian personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf region.
  
• - Learn about anthrax, the latest form of bioterrorism. This article explains the different forms of anthrax, how they are transmitted, and treatment options available.
  
• - Details of cases and deaths from Anthrax from 1999 to 2001 in India.
  
• - Consumer health resource center providing information on the types of anthrax, symptoms, and treatment options.
  
• - 1998 report on bioterrorism reports and threats and CDC guidelines for handling them.
  
• - From the University of Iowa, extensive lists of Internet sources on Anthrax & Anthrax Vaccine.
  
• - Concise factsheet explaining the causes, symptoms & treatment of Anthrax, available for downloading in Adobe Acrobat
  
• - A fictitious case history developed by the Center for Disease Control to examine response systems in the event of a real emergency.
  
• - A free stat manual for the identification, management and treatment of inhalation anthrax.
  
• - Connections between the anthrax attacks, Dr. Steven Hatfill and the Nazis. Draws on numerous researcher sites to show that wherever Hatfill went so did anthrax in envelopes.
  
• - A short continuing education course on anthrax as it relates to present health care for nurses, and social workers.
  
• - An overview of anthrax covering it's diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment.
  
• - Directory of articles, fact sheets, and news releases.
  
• - A public non-profit awareness site devoted to providing up to the minute information on Anthrax, Smallpox and other bioterrorist threats. We offer news, CDC Health Advisories, facts on safety, prevention, treatment of Anthrax, Smallpox, West Nile and othe
  
• - Information about anthrax and using HEPA vacuums during mail processing to protect workers against anthrax exposure.
  
• - Information on bacillus anthracis, the use on anthrax in terrorist attacks, prevention and symptoms.
  
• - Information about the possible casualties if anthrax is used as a weapon.
  
• - Computer graphic of a bacillus anthracis cell (anthrax bacterium). Shows cell wall layers and capsule.
  
• - Factsheet with cause, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
  
• - Includes everything from the symptoms of the four types of anthrax, to what the greatest threat of the infection is. Also a FAQs and quiz.
  
• - Includes symptoms, cause, treaments, and complications.
  
• - A security consultant who has been sterilizing mail fills the information void on handling and decontaminating anthrax tainted mail.
  
• - Latest news stories.
  
• - Health information about anthrax and bioterrorism reviewed by Harvard Medical School. Includes breaking health news and commentaries from leading physicians.
  
• - This contains the CDC's 2001-10-12 instructions on handling mail suspected of containing Anthrax, and the USPS' 2001-10-15 information on identifying Anthrax mail.