OBJECTIVE: Re-visit the 2001 anthrax outbreak to assess the ideas and concepts learned
from the event as they relate to the illness and to bioterrorism preparedness. DATA …

OBJECTIVE: To share lessons learned by one local public health department during the
anthrax outbreak and associated public hysteria during the autumn of 2001. DATA …

James M. Hughes* and Julie Louise Gerberding* n September 11, 2001, the United States
experienced the worst terrorist attack in its history. As the nation sought to deal with this …

After reports of the intentional release of Bacillus anthracis in the United States,
epidemiologists, laboratorians, and clinicians around the world were called upon to respond …

Many hospital-based clinical microbiology laboratories were called upon by local first
responders (law enforcement, hazardous-material teams, and emergency medicine service …

errons Page 1 I errons Joan Sza In thcs wake of rece anthral infections, labora^ries must
play a key rol^ in identifying and preventing the spread! of biological and cl^mical agents …

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES ASPECTS of the medical and public health response to the
2001 anthrax attacks based on interviews with individuals who were directly involved in the …

During the bioterrorism-associated anthrax investigation of 2001 in the United States, 11
patients were diagnosed with inhalational anthrax and 11 more with the cutaneous forms of …

In October 2001, the first inhalational anthrax case in the United States since 1976 was
identified in a media company worker in Florida. A national investigation was initiated to …

ObjectiveTo review and update consensus-based recommendations for medical and public
health professionals following a Bacillus anthracis attack against a civilian population …