TY - JOUR
T1 - When biotoxins are tools of terror
T2 - Early recognition of intentional poisoning can attenuate effects
AU - Blazes, David L.
AU - Lawler, James V.
AU - Lazarus, Angeline A.
PY - 2002/8
Y1 - 2002/8
N2 - Toxin-mediated diseases have made humans ill for millennia. They also have been used in beneficial ways. Unfortunately, the use of biological agents as weapons of terror has now been realized, and separating naturally occurring disease from bioterroristic events has become an important public health goal. The key to timely identification of such attacks relies on education of primary care physicians, first responders, and public health officials. We must remain vigilant to unusual case presentations or clusters of similar cases and report them immediately to public health authorities.
AB - Toxin-mediated diseases have made humans ill for millennia. They also have been used in beneficial ways. Unfortunately, the use of biological agents as weapons of terror has now been realized, and separating naturally occurring disease from bioterroristic events has become an important public health goal. The key to timely identification of such attacks relies on education of primary care physicians, first responders, and public health officials. We must remain vigilant to unusual case presentations or clusters of similar cases and report them immediately to public health authorities.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036676888&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3810/pgm.2002.08.1278
DO - 10.3810/pgm.2002.08.1278
M3 - Article
C2 - 12198756
AN - SCOPUS:0036676888
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 112
SP - 89
EP - 98
JO - Postgraduate Medicine
JF - Postgraduate Medicine
IS - 2
ER -