Planning against biological terrorism: Lessons from outbreak investigations

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 515-519

  Ashford, David A ^a   Kaiser, Robyn M ^a   Bales, Michael E ^a   Shutt, Kathleen ^a   Patrawalla, Amee ^a   McShan, Andre ^a   Tappero, Jordan W ^a   Perkins, Bradley A ^a   Dannenberg, Andrew L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BOTULISM; CHOLERA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIARRHEA; EBOLA VIRUS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PLANNING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TULAREMIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0038561227     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0905.020388     Document Type: Review

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