Citation

Blazes DL, Lawler JV, Lazarus AA. Postgrad. Med. 2002; 112(2): 89-92, 95-6, 98.

Affiliation

Infectious Diseases Service, National Naval Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA. dlblazes@bethesda.med.navy.mil

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Vendome Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12198756

Abstract

Toxin-mediated diseases have made humans ill for millennia. They also have been used in beneficial ways. Unfortunately, the use of biological agents as weapons of terror has now been realized, and separating naturally occurring disease from bioterroristic events has become an important public health goal. The key to timely identification of such attacks relies on education of primary care physicians, first responders, and public health officials. We must remain vigilant to unusual case presentations or clusters of similar cases and report them immediately to public health authorities.

Language: en