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Information Sources on Bioterrorism

There are many sources of information about bioterrorism on the Internet. The following are a selection of reliable sites and a brief mention of the resources that they offer.


Public Health Departments

San Francisco Department of Public Health
http://www.dph.sf.ca.us
SF BT plan, resources, educational material, answers to "Frequently Asked Questions"

California Department of Health Services
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/


National Organizations

Infectious Diseases Society of America

http://www.idsociety.org/bt/toc.htm

Bioterrorism information and resources.


American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/
Helping children through disasters, family disaster preparedness, unique childhood vulnerability to bioterrorism (Red Book statement)

Center for Disease Control (CDC)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/
Updated information on current outbreaks, information, links

USAMRIID: The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/
The "Blue Book": Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook - Fourth Edition - February 2001 (80 pages, PDF or MS Word, including a Palm OS version)

USAMRICD: The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil/
Textbook of Military Medicine Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare (online)


Medical Journals

Journal of the American Medical Association
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Journal issues focusing on bioterrorism agents with an excellent series of articles on the medical presentation and management of Anthrax, Smallpox, Plague, Botulism and Tuleremia (Full articles available as PDF downloads)

SKOLAR
http://lane.stanford.edu/index.html
Through Lane Library, the "News and Commentary" section offers links to current incident updates

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