Plague as a biological weapon: medical and public health management. Working Group on Civilian Biodefense

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An aerosolized plague weapon could cause fever, cough, chest pain, and hemoptysis with signs consistent with severe pneumonia 1 to 6 days after exposure. Rapid evolution of disease would occur in the 2 to 4 days after symptom onset and would lead to septic shock with high mortality without early tre …
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Authors Inglesby TV;Dennis DT;Henderson DA;Bartlett JG;Ascher MS;Eitzen E;Fine AD;Friedlander AM;Hauer J;Koerner JF;Layton M;McDade J;Osterholm MT;O'Toole T;Parker G;Perl TM;Russell PK;Schoch-Spana M;Tonat K;;
Journal JAMA
Year 2000
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10807389
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't u.s. gov't P.H.S. anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use guideline biological warfare / prevention & control* consensus development conference t v inglesby k tonat decontamination infection control pmid:10807389 doi:10.1001/jama.283.17.2281 d t dennis civil defense disaster planning plague / epidemiology plague / physiopathology plague / prevention & control* plague vaccine violence virulence yersinia pestis* / pathogenicity

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