BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM

• State
• Local
• Societies
• Other

FEDERAL RESOURCES

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Bioterrorism Information & Resources materials to help ID clinicians identify and manage potential threats.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Emergency Response, including biological diseases and agents (anthrax, botulism, plaque, ricin, smallpox, tularemia, viral hemorrhagic fevers, viral encephalitis, water safety threats, emerging infectious disease threats)

US Food and Drug Administration Bioterrorism symptom management information for anthrax and other biological agents (smallpox, botulism, plague), clinical differences between the flu and anthrax, medications and vaccines for adults and children; toxicological research; countering bioterrorism in food supplies

The Whitehouse Office of Homeland Security national disaster medical response information; links to federal, state and local homeland security and government officers.

Terrorism Link Federal Bureau of Investigation includes most wanted terrorists and crime alerts; history and contact information for the FBI; address and contact information for interagency programs such as Internet fraud complaint and counterterrorism training working groups; and details of federal government action with anthrax letters in 2001

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program Facts about smallpox (vaccination admin. & adverse effects; exposure mgmt.; risk evaluation, varicella/smallpox evaluation), radiological emergencies, anthrax, mass trauma, biological agents & national pharmaceutical stockpile plus "who to contact for an emergency; bilingual (Spanish) contact information; TTY

Disasters & Emergencies - US Dept. of Health & Human Services Including: Biological, Chemical and Radiological Weapons; Emergency Medical Services; Environmental Disasters; Homeland Security

United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) Health Resources and Service Administration (HSRA) Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook (4th Ed. Feb. 2001)

Smallpox Index - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Smallpox index: vaccine; who should NOT get the vaccine; side effects; live virus vaccines and vaccinia; preparation and planning; laboratory testing (protocols, collecting specimens, packaging, agent recognition); citations

Health Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Biodefense Reasearch Basic Science (research), NIH

Biodefense Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies

Biodefense Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program

STATE RESOURCES

Fresno County Human Services System
Smallpox - Vaccination Preparedness, and, Bioterrorism Documents

Emergency Medical Services Authority
State of California

State of California Emergency Preparedness Office
includes: Smallpox and the smallpox vaccination programs, and, California Hospital Bioterrorism Response Planning Guide (developed by the DHS)

LOCAL RESOURCES

SF Dept. of Public Health
Alerts, Advisories, and Updates; Bioterrorism threat recognition; Smallpox planning; Training materials; Pharmacy issues

Emergency Medical Services Agency
City and County of San Francisco

San Francisco Police Department Special Operations & Security Bureau
Public preparedness in the event of a terrorist attack.

SOCIETIES

Infectious Diseases Society of America
Medical Summaries, Clinical Pathway(s), and Web Resources , by Agent (including anthrax, plague, viral hemorrhagic fever)

Bioterrorism Site
American College of Physicians & American Society of Internal Medicine

Bioterrorism Resources
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

Bioterrorism Pages
American Society for Microbiology, Resources Related to Biological Weapons Control and Bioterrorism Preparedness

OTHER RESOURCES

A Triage Algorighm for Inhalational Anthrax Annals of Internal Medicine, 9/2/03, Vol 139 # 5 (new link 10/03)

Smallpox - Several Related Articles
The New England Journal of Medicine

Terrorism & Security Collection
National Academies Press

The Bioterrorism Response Manual
Authors: Paul Rega M.D., FACEP, &, Donald McConnaughy, B.A., N.R.E.M.T., (bioterry.com)

Biological Terrorism Resources; collection of available bioterrorism information & resources
World Medical Leaders (wml.com)

Stop, Think, Prepare, Respond. Panic Never Saved Anyone. Information About the Latest Threat of Biological Terrorism
Dr. L. Scott Fox, Our Senior Years (oursenioryears.com)

Bioterrorism Bibliographies and Resources
Journal of the Medical LIbrary Association (JMLA)