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BIOTERRORISM >> 

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Anthrax  
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Latest News  

Dec 22
New Item FDA approves shortened anthrax-vaccine course

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

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

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

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

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

Sep 16
New Item FBI seeks independent review of anthrax probe

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

Sep 9
New Item HHS funds work on new anthrax antitoxin

New Item Congress seeks answers from FBI in anthrax case

Aug 26
New Item Anthrax probe prompts concerns about military labs

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

Aug 15
New Item FBI conclusions in anthrax probe meet skepticism

Aug 12
New Item HHS evaluates proposals for new anthrax vaccine

Jul 29
New Item Anthrax vaccine maker wins NIAID grants

May 20
New Item FDA approves levofloxacin for anthrax in children

May 7
New Item VaxGen sells anthrax vaccine to rival firm

Apr 8
New Item DoD funds development of anthrax vaccine patch

Feb 29
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

Sep 26, 2007
New Item HHS orders 18 million doses of anthrax vaccine

Sep 14, 2007
New Item Inhaled anthrax vaccine is said to work in animals

Sep 10, 2007
New Item Animal hides were likely cause of 2 anthrax cases

Aug 14, 2007
New Item Student treated after anthrax spill in Mississippi lab

May 30, 2007
New Item VaxGen stops work on anthrax vaccine, seeks partner

Apr 25, 2007
New Item HHS offers plan for defense against biological threats

Jan 10, 2007
New Item 2001 anthrax attack cast wide shadow

Dec 20, 2006
New Item HHS cancels VaxGen anthrax vaccine contract

Dec 11, 2006
New Item CDC rates hospital bioterrorism preparedness

Nov 6, 2006
New Item FDA orders delay of anthrax vaccine trial

Oct 19, 2006
New Item Pentagon to resume mandatory anthrax shots for some

Aug 10, 2006
New Item Canadian anthrax outbreak grows, felling 746 animals

Jul 31, 2006
New Item HHS adds new anthrax drug to national stockpile

Jul 17, 2006
New Item Anthrax in Canada kills 149 animals, infects man

      
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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

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

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

 
New Item Efficacy of a vaccine based on protective antigen and killed spores against experimental inhalational anthrax
From Infect Immun, published online Dec 29

 
New Item A short course of antibiotic treatment is effective in preventing death from experimental inhalational anthrax after discontinuing antibiotics
From J Infect Dis, published online Dec 19

 
New Item Mucosal immunization with attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi expressing protective antigen of anthrax toxin (PA83) primes monkeys for accelerated serum antibody responses to parenteral PA83 vaccine
From J Infect Dis, published online Dec 19

 
New Item Investigations and control measures following a case of inhalation anthrax in East London in a drum maker and drummer, October 2008
From Dec 18 Eurosurveill

 
New Item Identification of a surrogate marker for infection in the African green monkey model of inhalation anthrax
From Dec Infect Immun

 
New Item Anthrax: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis
CIDRAP-authored overview, updated Nov 3 with new research


 
New Item Is 60 days of ciprofloxacin administration necessary for postexposure prophylaxis for Bacillus anthracis?
From Nov Antimicrob Agents Chemother

 
New Item Identification of a surrogate marker for infection in the African green monkey model of inhalation anthrax
From Infect Immun, published online Oct 13

 
New Item Amoxicillin for postexposure inhalational anthrax in pediatrics: rationale for dosing recommendations
From Pediatr Infect Dis, published online Oct 1

 
New Item Cathelicidin administration protects mice from Bacillus anthracis spore challenge
From Oct J Immunol

 
New Item The anthrax vaccine adsorbed vaccine generates protective antigen (PA)-specific CD4+ T cells with a phenotype distinct from that of naive PA T cells
From Oct Infect Immun

 
New Item Why do UK military personnel refuse the anthrax vaccination?
From Biosecur Bioterr, published online Sep 17

 
New Item Cross-contamination of clinical specimens with Bacillus anthracis during a laboratory proficiency test--Idaho, 2006
From Sep 12 MMWR

 
New Item Evaluation of body mass index, pre-vaccination serum progesterone levels and anti-anthrax protective antigen immunoglobulin G on injection site adverse events following anthrax vaccination in women
From Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, published online Sep 10

 
New Item AHRQ Hospital Surge Model
Estimates hospital resources needed for disease or terror attack; released Sep 12

 
New Item Potentiation of an anthrax DNA vaccine with electroporation
From Sep 26 Vaccine

 
New Item An alternative approach to combination vaccines: intradermal administration of isolated components for control of anthrax, botulism, plague, and staphylococcal toxic shock
From J Immune Based Ther Vaccines, published online Sep 3

 
New Item In vivo demonstration and quantification of intracellular Bacillus anthracis in lung epithelial cells
From Sep Infect Immun

 
New Item Responding to a bioterrorism attack--one scenario: part 1
From Jul/Sep Health Care Manag (Frederick)

 
New Item Anthrax toxins inhibit neutrophil signalling pathways in brain endothelium and contribute to pathogenesis of meningitis
From PLoS ONE, published online Aug 13

 
New Item Nosocomial infection of Serratia marcescens may induce a protective effect in monkeys exposed to Bacillus anthracis
From Aug J Infect

 
New Item Gamma irradiation can be used to inactivate Bacillus anthracis spores without compromising the sensitivity of diagnostic assays
From Jul Appl Environ Microbiol

 
New Item Birth defects among infants born to women who received anthrax vaccine in pregnancy
From Am J Epidemiol, published online Jul 2

 
New Item Immunogenicity of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen domains and efficacy of elicited antibody responses depend on host genetic background
From Jul Clin Vaccine Immunol

 
New Item Efficacy of oritavancin in a murine model of Bacillus anthracis spore inhalation anthrax
From Antimicrob Agents Chemother, published online Jul 7

 
New Item Occurrence and genetic diversity of Bacillus anthracis strains isolated in an active wool-cleaning factory
From Jul Appl Environ Microbiol

 
New Item Analysis of suspicious powders following the post 9/11 anthrax scare
From Jun J Med Toxicol

 
New Item Use of an in vitro pharmacodynamic model to derive a linezolid regimen that optimizes bacterial kill and prevents emergence of resistance in Bacillus anthracis
From Jun Antimicrob Agents Chemother

 
New Item Cutaneous anthrax associated with drum making using goat hides from West Africa--Connecticut, 2007
From Jun 13 MMWR

 
New Item Inhalation anthrax: dose response and risk analysis
From Jun Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item Modeling the incubation period of inhalational anthrax
From Med Decis Making, published online Jun 12

 
New Item Human serum contains a protease that protects against cytotoxic activity of Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin in vitro
From Jun Clin Vaccine Immunol

 
New Item Anthrax: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis
CIDRAP-authored overview updated May 30 with new research


 
New Item Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis spores by a combination of biocides and heating under high-temperature short-time pasteurization conditions
From Jun Appl Environ Microbiol