Center for Disease Control:  Anthrax

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm
A great site that provides general and technical information.

CDC:  How to Handle Anthrax and Other Biological Agents

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/DocumentsApp/Anthrax/10122001Handle/10122001Handle.asp
An official CDC Health Advisory.

AMA:  Disaster Preparedness and Medical Response

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/6206.html
Resources from the American Medical Association.

Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program - Official Dept. of Defense Anthrax Information Website

http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/
Includes information on the threat, the disease, the vaccine, and more.  Some references link to fulltext articles.

DefenseLINK:  US Department of Defense:  Anthrax

http://www.defenselink.mil/other_info/agent.html
Anthrax as a biological warfare agent.

MEDLINEplus: Anthrax

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anthrax.html
Latest news, general overview, prevention and screening.

MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopecia:  Anthrax

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001325.htm
Learn symptoms, signs and tests, treatment, and more.

UW-Madison Bacteriology Lecture Topic:  Anthrax

http://textbookofbacteriology.net/Anthrax.html
Technical information from a Bacteriology 330 course.

World Anthrax Data Site

http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/whocc/mp_world.htm
Worldwide anthrax statistics.

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Journal Articles ~ Use the following databases

New England Journal of Medicine review article on Anthrax

Dixon, Terry C., et al.  Anthrax.  New England Journal of Medicine 341 (September 9, 1999):  815-826.

EBSCOhost OHSU ONLY

Select Health Source:  Nursing/Academic Edition, Health Source:  Consumer Edition, Academic Search Elite, and Newspaper Source and search them simultaneously for best results.  Many fulltext articles.

Health and Wellness Resource Center  OHSU ONLY

Many fulltext articles.

OVID MEDLINE  OHSU ONLY

Search for the Medical Subject Headings anthrax or anthrax vaccines.

PubMed

Free version of MEDLINE.  Link to a predefined search on anthrax.

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Reference Books

Stat!Ref OHSU ONLY

Search 25 fulltext medical textbooks simultaneously.

The following reference books are in Section 22 of the OHSU Main Library reference collection.  Look in the indexes under anthrax.

Armstrong, Donald and Jonathan Cohen, eds.  Infectious Diseases.  Vol. 2.  London:  Mosby, 2000.  Call number WC100 I41136 1999 v.2

Collier, Leslie and Alber Balows, eds.  Microbiology and Microbial Infections.  Vol. 3.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 1998.  Call number QW4 T675 1998 v. 3

Cook, Gordon C., ed.  Manson's Tropical Diseases. 20th ed.  London:  WB Saunders, 1996.  Call number WC680 M28 1996

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Pictures

CDC:  Public Health Image Library

http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/
Search anthrax and see 13 pictures.

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