Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services Anthrax
Websites
Fact Sheets
- Anthrax Q & A (CDC)
- Anthrax Information for Health Care Providers (CDC)
- Anthrax (CFSPH)
- Quick Reference Guide: Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) (NRT)
Review/Summary Information
- Public Health and Clinical Guidelines for Anthrax (CDC)
- Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, 2002 (JAMA)
- Anthrax: Comprehensive Medical Summary (CIDRAP/IDSA)
- Anthrax (USAMRIID's Medical
Management of Biological Casualties Handbook)
(See pages 25-34) - Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare: Anthrax (Office of
the Surgeon General, Dept
of the Army) - Anthrax (JAVMA)
- Visual Diagnosis for Category A Agents (Logical Images)
- Management of Anthrax (CID)
- Prophylaxis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Anthrax (EID)
Laboratory Testing
- Anthrax: Specimen Collection Guidelines (DHSS)
- Algorithm for Laboratory Diagnosis of Anthrax (CDC)
- Recommended Specimens for Microbiology and Pathology for Diagnosis: Inhalation, Cutaneous, and Gastrointestinal Anthrax (CDC)
- Sentinel Laboratory Guidelines: Bacillus anthracis (ASM)
- Anthrax: Collecting, Preparing, and Shipping Serum Samples to CDC for Serology Testing (CDC)
- Anthrax: Laboratory Testing (CDC)
Treatment/Prophylaxis Information
- Public Health and Clinical Guidelines for Anthrax (CDC)
- Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, 2002 (JAMA)
- Anthrax: Exposure Management/Prophylaxis (CDC)
- Use of Anthrax Vaccine in the United States (ACIP)
- Doxycycline Mass Dispensing Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Information (FDA)
- Mass Dispensing of Prophylactic Antibiotic Medication Following a Bioterrorism Attack (DHSS)
- Public Health Emergency Home Preparation Instructions for Doxycycline (FDA)
- FDA approves raxibacumab to treat inhalational anthrax (FDA)
- FDA approves levofloxacin for anthrax in children (CIDRAP)
- Anthrax (FDA)
-
Pediatric Counter-Terrorism Measures (FDA)
See the Anthrax section. - Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Resources (DHSS)
Anthrax Vaccine
- Anthrax Vaccination (CDC)
- Use of Anthrax Vaccine in the United States (ACIP))
- Anthrax Vaccine Information Statement (CDC)
- Public Health and Clinical Guidelines for Anthrax (CDC)
- Anthrax Vaccine (FDA)
- Military Anthrax Vaccination Program (DOD)
- Anthrax Vaccine Clinician’s Toolkit (DOD)
Inhalational Anthrax Information
- Public Health and Clinical Guidelines for Anthrax (CDC)
- Clinical Evaluation for Possible Inhalational Anthrax (CDC)
- Clinical Pathway: Inhalational Anthrax (CIDRAP/IDSA)
- Distinguishing Influenza-Like Illness from Anthrax (CDC)
- Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax: The First 10 Cases (EID)
- Inhalational Anthrax Decision Support Tool (ACP/ASIM)
- Sverdlovsk Anthrax Outbreak of 1979 (UCLA)
Cutaneous Anthrax Information
- Clinical Evaluation for Possible Cutaneous Anthrax (CDC)
- Cutaneous Anthrax Decision Support Tool (ACP-ASIM)
- Cutaneous Anthrax Management Algorithm (AAD)
- Cutaneous Anthrax and its Mimics (ACP)
- Cutaneous Anthrax Pictures (CDC)
- Cutaneous Anthrax Infection Images (NEJM)
- Cutaneous Anthrax, Belgian Traveler (EID)
- Cutaneous Anthrax Associated with Drum Making Using Goat Hides from West Africa (CDC)
Infection Control
- Isolation/Infection Control Guidelines Table (CSB)
- Anthrax: Infection Control (CDC)
- Guidance for Protecting Responders’ Health During the First Week Following A Wide-Area Aerosol Anthrax Attack (DHS)
- Quick Reference Guide: Bacillus anthracis PPE Wash Water Decontamination (NRT)
Public Health/Environmental Response (see also under Infection Control)
- Anthrax (DHSS)
- Guidance for Protecting Responders’ Health During the First Week Following A Wide-Area Aerosol Anthrax Attack (DHS)
- Communicating in the First Hours: Anthrax (CDC)
- Mass Dispensing of Prophylactic Antibiotic Medication Following a Bioterrorism Attack (DHSS)
- Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Resources (DHSS)
- Doxycycline Mass Dispensing Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Information (FDA)
- Health Advisory - How To Handle Situations Involving Suspicious Powdery Substances (DHSS)
- Guidance on Initial Responses to a Suspicious Letter/Container With a Potential
Biological Threat (FBI, DHS, CDC) - ASPR Playbook: Aerosolized Anthrax Response
- Anthrax: Environment/Response (CDC)
- Anthrax: Work Safety (CDC)
- Responding to Detection of Aerosolized Bacillus anthracis by Autonomous Detection Systems in the Workplace (CDC)
- Protecting the worksite against terrorism: Anthrax (OSHA)
Training Opportunities and Materials
- Anthrax: Training Opportunities and Materials (CDC)
- Anthrax-Related Webcasts from ICEID 2002 (CDC)
- PowerPoint Lecture on Cutaneous Anthrax (ACP/ASIM)