Anthrax Vaccine: Evidence for Safety and Efficacy Against Inhalational Anthrax
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Both animal and human studies indicate that anthrax vaccine may protect people from inhalational anthrax. Anthrax is a bacterial infection usually acquired from handling infected animals. For this reason, it usually affects the skin. However, if bacterial spores are inhaled, a person can develop inhalational anthrax, which is a serious disease that can be fatal. Anthrax spores have therefore been studied by some countries as a potential biological weapon. Because anthrax is uncommon, it has been difficult to evaluate the vaccine. Most research has been done on animals. In two studies, humans who had been vaccinated were protected from an anthrax outbreak.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax, 2001. (From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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As of November 14, 22 Americans have developed anthrax caused by a bioterrorist attack following the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Affected persons lived in Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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Considerations for Distinguishing Influenza-like Illness From Inhalational Anthrax. (From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Techniques for distinguishing inhalational anthrax from influenza are described. Influenza does not usually cause an accumulation of fluid in the lungs, whereas inhalational anthrax often does. A chest X-ray will show fluid in the lungs.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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