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ANTHRAX

 CDC Health Alerts, Advisories & Updates
CDC Update: Confirmed Cases of Anthrax, Nov. 2, 2001
CDC Interim* Recommendations for Protecting Workers from Exposure to Bacillus anthracis in Work Site Where Mail Is Handled or Processed, Oct. 31, 2001
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 Guidelines and Recommendations

Interim Recommendations for the Selection and Use of Protective Clothing and Respirators Against Biological Agents

  
 Epidemiologic investigation

CDC defines a confirmed case of anthrax as 1) a clinically compatible case of cutaneous, inhalational, or gastrointestinal illness that is laboratory confirmed by isolation of B. anthracis from an affected tissue or site or 2) other laboratory evidence of B. anthracis infection based on at least two supportive laboratory tests.

  

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What is the case definition for anthrax?

 

What is the difference between exposure to anthrax and disease caused by anthrax?

 
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