Anthrax
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| Microphotograph of a Gram stain the bacterium Bacillus anthracis which causes anthrax. | |
| ICD-10 | A22.minor |
| ICD-9 | 022 |
| OMIM | [1] 606410 608041 |
| DiseasesDB | 1203 |
| MedlinePlus | 001325 |
| MeSH | 68000881 |
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Overview
Introduction
Anthrax vaccines
An FDA-licensed vaccine, produced from one non-virulent strain of the anthrax bacterium, is manufactured by BioPort Corporation, subsidiary of Emergent BioSolutions. The trade name is BioThrax, although it is commonly called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA). It is administered in a six-dose primary series at 0,2,4 weeks and 6,12,18 months; annual booster injections are required thereafter to maintain immunity. The injections are typically very painful, and may leave the area of injection with swelling; this area may be painful for several days.
Unlike the West, the Soviets developed and used live spore anthrax vaccines produced in Tbilisi, Georgia. This is known as the STI vaccine and its serious side effects restrict its use to healthy adults.[1]
See also
- 2001 anthrax attacks
- Anthrax hoaxes
- Ames strain
- Sverdlovsk Anthrax leak
- Anthrax toxin
- Anthrax Detection Device
- Anthrax Vaccine
- Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program, or AVIP: the program for vaccinating all members of the armed services in the United States.
- Black death
References
- ↑ ANTHRAX, the investigation of a Deadly Outbreak, Jeanne Guillemin, University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 0=520-22917-7, pg 34
- Alibek, K. Biohazard. New York, New York: Dell Publishing, 1999.
- "Bacillus anthracis and anthrax". Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology (University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology). Retrieved June 17. Unknown parameter
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|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help); Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - Chanda, A., S. Ketan, and C.P. Horwitz. 2004. Fe-TAML catalysts: A safe way to decontaminate an anthrax simulant. Society of Environmental Journalists annual meeting. October 20–24. Pittsburgh.
- Meselson, M. et al. (1994). "The Sverdlovsk Outbreak of 1979". Science 266(5188) 1202–1208
- Sternbach, G. (2002). "The History of Anthrax". The Journal of Emergency Medicine 24(4) 463–467.
External links
- Anthrax - Comprehensive information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Bioterrorism Category A Agents - Information Resources
- Cutaneous Anthrax Images and Diagnosis Synopsis
- Anthrax Detection Device
- Article re. Fort Detrick and Vollum strain of Anthrax
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