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BIOTERRORISM >> 

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Anthrax  
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Latest News  

Sep 1
New Item NEWS SCAN: Anthrax vaccine contract, Salmonella in eggs, H5N1 shots in Taiwan, Staph skin infections

Aug 4
New Item Twin Cities mail carriers prepare to deliver biodefense drugs

Jul 22
New Item ACIP report fine-tunes anthrax vaccine recommendations

New Item CDC says drumming-related anthrax risk is low

Jul 14
New Item ICEID COVERAGE
Research continues on shielding workers from airborne pathogens

New Item NEWS SCAN: Anthrax vaccine contract, mysterious illness in monkeys, dengue surge in Latin America

Feb 19
New Item Poll: Americans favor getting antibiotics after anthrax attack

Dec 29
New Item New Hampshire probes GI anthrax case

Feb 25, 2009
New Item ACIP OKs fewer anthrax shots, leaves flu-shot groups same

Dec 22, 2008
New Item FDA approves shortened anthrax-vaccine course

Oct 23, 2008
New Item ACIP opens door to anthrax shots for first responders

Oct 6, 2008
New Item Trial offers hope for shortening anthrax-shot series

Oct 2, 2008
New Item To blunt anthrax attack, mail carriers to get antibiotics

Sep 26, 2008
New Item Emergent garners $29 million for new anthrax vaccine

Sep 19, 2008
New Item Leahy doubts FBI in anthrax case; scientist admits error

Sep 16, 2008
New Item FBI seeks independent review of anthrax probe

Sep 11, 2008
New Item Lab lapses sparked anthrax false alarm in Idaho

Sep 9, 2008
New Item HHS funds work on new anthrax antitoxin

New Item Congress seeks answers from FBI in anthrax case

Aug 26, 2008
New Item Anthrax probe prompts concerns about military labs

Aug 20, 2008
New Item FBI says it easily replicated anthrax used in attacks

Aug 15, 2008
New Item FBI conclusions in anthrax probe meet skepticism

Aug 12, 2008
New Item HHS evaluates proposals for new anthrax vaccine

Jul 29, 2008
New Item Anthrax vaccine maker wins NIAID grants

May 20, 2008
New Item FDA approves levofloxacin for anthrax in children

May 7, 2008
New Item VaxGen sells anthrax vaccine to rival firm

Apr 8, 2008
New Item DoD funds development of anthrax vaccine patch

Feb 29, 2008
New Item Judge dismisses suit to limit DoD anthrax vaccinations

Dec 3, 2007
New Item Newspaper says lobbying helped sink anthrax vaccine

Oct 31, 2007
New Item GAO critiques anthrax vaccine procurement, management

Oct 16, 2007
New Item US funds work on drugs for plague, tularemia, anthrax

Oct 3, 2007
New Item Federal grants support new anthrax countermeasures

      
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New Item The human-bacterial pathogen protein interaction networks of Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, and Yersinia pestis
From Aug 9 PLoS ONE

 
New Item Evaluation of Bacillus strains as model systems for the work on Bacillus anthracis spores
From Int J Food Microbiol, published online Aug 6

 
New Item An anthrax subunit vaccine candidate based on protective regions of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen and lethal factor
From Vaccine, published online Aug 4

 
New Item Anthrax: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis
CIDRAP-authored overview, updated Jul 28 with new research


 
New Item Use of anthrax vaccine in the United States: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2009
From Jul 23 MMWR

 
New Item Gastrointestinal anthrax after an animal-hide drumming event -- New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 2009.
From Jul 23 MMWR

 
New Item The genome of a Bacillus isolate causing anthrax in chimpanzees combines chromosomal properties of B. cereus with B. anthracis virulence plasmids
From Jul 9 PLoS ONE

 
New Item Select human anthrax protective antigen epitope-specific antibodies provide protection from lethal toxin challenge
From J Infect Dis, published online Jun 9

 
New Item An outbreak of infection with Bacillus anthracis in injecting drug users in Scotland
From Jan 14 Euro Surveill

 
New Item Immunologic response of unvaccinated workers exposed to anthrax, Belgium
From Oct 2009 Emerg Infect Dis

 
New Item Predicting hospital surge after a large-scale anthrax attack: a model-based analysis of CDC's cities readiness initiative prophylaxis recommendations
From Med Decis Making, published online Jul 17, 2009

 
New Item Raxibacumab for the treatment of inhalational anthrax
From Jul 9, 2009, New Engl J Med

 
New Item Evaluation of a plasmid DNA-based vaccine in rabbits, nonhuman primates, and healthy adults
From Aug Hum Vaccine, published online May 29, 2009

 
New Item Vaccines for preventing anthrax
From Cochrane Database Syst Rev, published online Apr 15, 2009

 
New Item Human anthrax in Turkey from 1990 to 2007
From Apr 2009 Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis

 
New Item Efficacy of recombinant anthrax vaccine against Bacillus anthracis aerosol spore challenge: preclinical evaluation in rabbits and rhesus monkeys
From Biotechnol J, published online Mar 18, 2009

 
New Item Antimicrobial effects of interferon-inducible CXC chemokines against Bacillus anthracis spores and bacilli
From Apr 2009, Infect Immun

 
New Item A single-dose combination therapy that both prevents and treats anthrax infection
From Mar 13, 2009, Vaccine

 
New Item Efficient neutralization of antibody-resistant forms of anthrax toxin by a soluble receptor decoy inhibitor
From Mar 2009 Antimicrob Agents Chemother

 
New Item Cutaneous anthrax, West Bengal, India, 2007
Letter from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Feb 21, 2009

 
New Item Antitoxin antibodies in prophylaxis and treatment of inhalation anthrax
From Feb 2009 Future Microbiol

 
New Item A case of pneumonia caused by Bacillus anthracis secondary to gastrointestinal anthrax
From Int J Infect Dis, published online Feb 9, 2009

 
New Item Bioterrorism for the respiratory physician
From Jan 2009 Respirology

 
New Item Role of visible light-activated photocatalyst on the reduction of anthrax spore-induced mortality in mice
From PLoS ONE, published online Jan 9, 2009

 
New Item Detection of anthrax toxin by an ultrasensitive immunoassay using europium nanoparticles
From Clin Vaccine Immunol, published online Jan 7, 2009

 
New Item Adverse events after anthrax vaccination reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), 1990-2007
From Jan 7, 2009, Vaccine