e-Article
Tularemia as a Biological Weapon.
Document Type
Article
Author
Dennis, David T.; Inglesby, Thomas V.; Henderson, Donald A.; Bartlett, John G.; Ascher, Michael S.; Eitzen, Edward; Fine, Anne D.; Friedlander, Arthur M.; Hauer, Jerome; Layton, Marcelle; Lillibridge, Scott R.; McDade, Joseph E.; Osterholm, Michael T.; O'Toole, Tara; Parker, Gerald; Perl, Trish M.; Russell, Philip K.; Tonat, Kevin
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Subject
*TULAREMIA
*BIOLOGICAL weapons
*BACTERIAL diseases
*BIOLOGICAL warfare
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ISSN
0098-7484
Abstract
Focuses on measures to be taken if tularemia, a bacterial zoonosis, is used as a biological weapon against civilians. Participants, which included the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense; Evidence; Consensus methods; A history of tularemia, which is potentially fatal in humans; Epidemiological, clinical and microbiological findings; Diagnosis and treatment; Environmental decontamination.