Changes in U.S. Biosecurity Following the 2001 Anthrax Attacks

Lessons learned from the CDC's post-exposure prophylaxis program following the anthrax attacks of 2001.

Learning from the 2001 anthrax attacks: immunological characteristics.

Potential conflicts of interest: none reported. The views expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Connecticut Department of Public Health. The article by Doolan et al. in this issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases [1] describes the immune responses to anthrax among persons exposed and possibly exposed when ...

Military hospitalizations among deployed US service members following anthrax vaccination, 1998-2001.

Safety concerns have confronted the Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program since inception in 1998. To determine if anthrax vaccination was associated with an increased risk of hospitalization, a historical cohort study utilizing pre- and post-anthrax-vaccination hospitalizations was undertaken and analyzed with Cox proportional hazards models. The study population consisted...

Commentary: The 2001 anthrax attacks: implications for the medical community and beyond.

The 2001 Attack Anthrax: Key Observations

Unresolved scientific questions, remaining ten years after the anthrax attacks, three years after the FBI accused a dead man of perpetrating the 2001 anthrax attacks singlehandedly, and more than a year since they closed the case without further investigation, indictment or trial, are perpetuating serious concerns that the FBI may have accused the wrong person of carrying out the anthrax attack...