TY - JOUR
T1 - Immunization against potential biological warfare agents
AU - Cieslak, Theodore J.
AU - Christopher, George W.
AU - Kortepeter, Mark G.
AU - Rowe, John R.
AU - Pavlin, Julie A.
AU - Culpepper, Randall C.
AU - Eitzen, Edward M.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The intentional release of biological agents by belligerents or terrorists is a possibility that has recently attracted increased attention. Law enforcement agencies, military planners, public health officials, and clinicians are gaining an increasing awareness of this potential threat. From a military perspective, an important component of the protective pre-exposure armamentarium against this threat is immunization. In addition, certain vaccines are an accepted component of postexposure prophylaxis against potential bioterrorist threat agents. These vaccines might, therefore, be used to respond to a terrorist attack against civilians. We review the development of vaccines against 10 of the most credible biological threats.
AB - The intentional release of biological agents by belligerents or terrorists is a possibility that has recently attracted increased attention. Law enforcement agencies, military planners, public health officials, and clinicians are gaining an increasing awareness of this potential threat. From a military perspective, an important component of the protective pre-exposure armamentarium against this threat is immunization. In addition, certain vaccines are an accepted component of postexposure prophylaxis against potential bioterrorist threat agents. These vaccines might, therefore, be used to respond to a terrorist attack against civilians. We review the development of vaccines against 10 of the most credible biological threats.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034465842&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1086/313812
DO - 10.1086/313812
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10880299
AN - SCOPUS:0034465842
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 30
SP - 843
EP - 850
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 6
ER -