Explanation of Risk and Uncertainty in News Coverage of an Anthrax Attack by Kristen Alley Swain

“…A content analysis of U.S. news coverage of the 2001 anthrax attacks examined explanations of risk and uncertainty. …”
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Collaboration Between Public Health and Law Enforcement: New Paradigms and Partnerships for Bioterrorism Planning and Response by Jay C. Butler, Mitchell L. Cohen, Cindy R. Friedman, Robert M. Scripp, Craig G. Watz

“…We describe the collaborations between CDC and FBI during the investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks and highlight the challenges and successes of public health and law enforcement collaborations in general.…”
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Pandemic Influenza Planning, United States, 1978–2008 by John Iskander, Raymond A. Strikas, Kathleen F. Gensheimer, Nancy J. Cox, Stephen C. Redd

“…Several events have since stimulated progress in public health emergency planning: the 1997 avian influenza A(H5N1) outbreak in Hong Kong, China; the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States; the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome; and the 2003 reemergence of influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in humans. …”
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Forensic microbiology and bioterrorism risk (Part II) by Maria Nasso, Francesco Saverio Romolo

“…The tools for a successful attribution include genetically based-assays to determine the exact strain of isolate, aiming the individualization of the source of the pathogen used in a biological weapon. Following the 2001 anthrax attacks, genotyping of B. anthracis was done on 8 variable number tandem repeats loci (VNTR polymorphisms), with multilocus variable number tandem repeats (MLVA) method. …”
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Forensic microbiology and the bioterrorism risk (Part I) by Maria Nasso, Francesco Saverio Romolo

“…The tools for a successful attribution include genetically based-assays to determine the exact strain of isolate, aiming the individualization of the source of the pathogen used in a biological weapon. Following the 2001 anthrax attacks, genotyping of B. anthracis was done on 8 variable number tandem repeats loci (VNTR polymorphisms), with multilocus variable number tandem repeats (MLVA) method. …”
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Patients' request for and emergency physicians' prescription of antimicrobial prophylaxis for anthrax during the 2001 bioterrorism-related outbreak by Aber Robert C, Kunselman Allen R, Julian Kathleen G, M'ikanatha Nkuchia M, Rankin James T, Lautenbach Ebbing

“…However, little is documented about the extent to which individuals with self-identified risk of anthrax exposure approached physicians for antimicrobial prophylaxis during the 2001 bioterrorism attacks in the United States.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We conducted a telephone survey of randomly selected members of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians to assess patients' request for and emergency physicians' prescription of antimicrobial agents during the 2001 anthrax attacks.…”
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A fiber optic–nanophotonic approach to the detection of antibodies and viral particles of COVID-19 by Rajil Navid, Sokolov Alexei, Yi Zhenhuan, Adams Garry, Agarwal Girish, Belousov Vsevolod, Brick Robert, Chapin Kimberly, Cirillo Jeffrey, Deckert Volker, Delfan Sahar, Esmaeili Shahriar, Fernández-González Alma, Fry Edward, Han Zehua, Hemmer Philip, Kattawar George, Kim Moochan, Lee Ming-Che, Lu Chao-Yang, Mogford Jon, Neuman Benjamin, Pan Jian-Wei, Peng Tao, Poor Vincent, Scully Steven, Shih Yanhua, Suckewer Szymon, Svidzinsky Anatoly, Verhoef Aart, Wang Dawei, Wang Kai, Yang Lan, Zheltikov Aleksei, Zhu Shiyao, Zubairy Suhail, Scully Marlan

“…We have been involved with biopathogen detection since the 2001 anthrax attacks and were the first to detect anthrax in real-time. …”
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