Anthrax

References

Citations

1. American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Anthrax. In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 208–211. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

2. Southwick FS (2004). Infections due to gram-positive bacilli. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., Scientific American Medicine, section 7, chap. 4. New York: WebMD.

3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2001). Considerations for distinguishing influenza-like illness from inhalational anthrax. MMWR, 50(44): 985–987.

4. Lucey DR (2008). Anthrax. In L Goldman, D Ausiello, eds., Cecil Medicine, 23rd ed., vol. 2, pp. 2197–2200. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Other Works Consulted

• American Public Health Association (2004). Anthrax. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th ed., pp. 20–25. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002). Notice to readers: Use of anthrax vaccine in response to terrorism. Supplemental recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR, 51(45): 1024–1026.

• Duchin J (2004). Anthrax section of Bioterrorism. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 8, chap. 5, pp. 7–13. New York: WebMD.

• Inglesby TV, et al. (2002). Anthrax as a biological weapon, 2002: Updated recommendations for management. JAMA, 287(17): 2236–2252.

• Lucey D (2005). Bacillus anthracis (anthrax). In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., pp. 2485–2491. Philadelphia: Elsevier.

• Shadomy SV, Rosenstein NE (2008). Anthrax. In RB Wallace et al., eds., Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15th ed., pp. 1185–1194. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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