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CDC anthrax vaccine safety & efficacy research program : interim report /

Anthrax in its inhalational form is a deadly but very rare manifestation of infection with a common organism, Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax spores are very stable, a characteristic that makes possible their delivery as a weapon of biological warfare, and examples of weapons development efforts using a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academy Press, [2001]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • REVIEWERS
  • Executive Summary
  • PROJECT-SPECIFIC FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • NCID-Directed Projects in the Research Program
  • NIP-Directed Projects of the Research Program
  • 1 Introduction and Background
  • ANTHRAX DISEASE AND PREVENTION
  • Anthrax Disease
  • Anthrax Vaccine
  • VACCINE RELATED ADVERSE EVENTS
  • POLICY CONTEXT OF REPORT
  • Anthrax Vaccination Policy
  • CDC'S REPONSE TO CONGRESS
  • 2 Interim Findings and Recommendations
  • NCID RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
  • Part A: Clinical Trial
  • Part B: Non-human Primate Dose-Ranging and Challenge Study
  • Part C: Assays of Immunologic Correlates of Protection
  • NIP RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
  • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Military Personnel about the Anthrax Vaccine
  • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Vaccine Providers about VAERS Reporting
  • Data Mining Using the VAERS Database
  • Meta-Analysis of Existing Studies on the Anthrax Vaccine
  • REFERENCES
  • ACRONYMS
  • Appendix A Study Activities.