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MMWR: Case Definitions for Chemical Poisoning
Recommendations and Reports, (January 14, 2005)
Prepared by: Martin G. Belson, MD, Joshua G. Schier, MD, Manish M. Patel, MD Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health

Disaster Preparedness for Radiology Professionals: Response to Radiological Terrorism (March 19, 2004)
This primer is provided as a quick reference in the event of a radiation disaster. It summarizes current information on preparing for a radiation emergency, handling contaminated persons, dose assessment, and radiation exposure health effects.

CDC: Ricin Clinician Briefing (January 27, 2004)

CDC web broadcast training programs on SARS (September 2003)

CDC Influenza Resources (December 4, 2003)

Children and Anthrax: A Fact Sheet for Clinicians (November 7, 2001)
By the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention

MMWR Update: Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Exposure Management and Antimicrobial Therapy (October 26, 2001)
Includes information on the susceptibility of testing B. anthracis isolates, managing threats, handling of suspicious packages or envelopes, managing exposures, antimicrobial treatment, inhalational anthrax treatment protocol and the cutaneous anthrax treatment protocol.

Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook
By the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. Fourth Edition. Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland. (February 2001)
Handbook includes a glossary of medical terms; instructions on patient isolation precautions; and differential diagnosis and comparative lethality of toxins versus nerve agents

Medical Management of Radiological Casualties Handbook, 1st Edition
By the Military Medical Operations Office, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. (December 1999)
Handbook includes management protocol for acute radiation syndrome; biological and psychological effects of radiation expsoure; decontamination protocols; and information on the medical assay of the radiological patient.

Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare
By the Office of The Surgeon General at TMM Publications, Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (1997)
Online medical textbook.

CDC Bioterrorism Agent Sheets
Disease/agent specific information pertaining to two basic categories: biological agents/diseases and chemical agents

Biologic Agent Information Papers
By the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

JAMA Articles

CSB&EI Bioterrorism Agents Fact Sheets
By Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections, Saint Louis University, School of Public Health
Bioterrorism agent specific fact sheets for clinical settings.

Potential Biological Weapons Threats
By Mark G. Kortepeter and Gerald W. Parker, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Emerging Infections Diseases Vol. 5 No. 4 (July-August 1999)
The list of agents that could pose the greatest public health risk in the event of a bioterrorist attack is short. However, although short, the list includes agents that, if acquired and properly disseminated, could cause a difficult public health challenge in terms of our ability to limit the numbers of casualties and control the damage to our cities and nation.