TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - A population survey--would Australian general practice be the first point of contact during an anthrax bioterrorism event?
JO  - Australian family physician
A1  - Durrheim, David N.
A1  - Muller, Reinhold
A1  - Saunders, Vicki L.
A1  - Speare, Richard
A1  - Lowe, John B.
SP  - 172
EP  - 174
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: Anthrax bioterrorism is a new threat to Australians. How they would respond to an anthrax bioterrorism event is unknown. METHOD: A national telephone survey of Australian adults. RESULTS: We successfully interviewed 1001 Australian adults (response rate 63%). The threat of anthrax bioterrorism was of medium to high concern to 57% of survey participants. In the event of an anthrax bioterrorism event, the first point of care would be GPs for 60% of survey participants, and 71% were confident in their doctor's ability to recognise anthrax. Most would accept vaccination if anthrax bioterrorism cases were reported locally, or even elsewhere in Australia. DISCUSSION: Australian GPs should be included in any bioterrorism planning to respond to such threats.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0300-8495
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -