Scoping the Sciences

Anthrax

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Anthrax is an infectious, often fatal, disease associated with animal contact (mostly farm animals). Anthrax is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It is a disease of sheep, cattle, horses, goats, and swine. Human infection, though rare, is an occupational disease of farm workers, veterinarians, and tannery and wool workers. The disease has a skin form (cutaneous anthrax) and a pulmonary form (inhalation anthrax).

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected publications / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides
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Plotkin, Stanley A & Edward A. Mortimer, Jr.(Eds). Vaccines

QW 805 V122 1994

 

Kamrin, Michael A. (ed.). Pesticide profiles
REF WA 240 P477 1997

 

Chan, Kwai-Cheung. Anthrax vaccine : safety and efficacy issues : testimony before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives. 1999

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries
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Anthrax. Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Ellison, D. Hank. Handbook of chemical and biological warfare agents.
UG 447 E444 1999

Viccellio, Peter, et al (ed.). Emergency toxicology. 2nd ed.
QV 39 H262 1998

Liberman, Daniel F. (ed.). Biohazards management handbook. 2nd ed.
WA 400 B563 1995

Pohanish, Richard P., et al. Hazardous materials handbook.
REF WA 39 P632 1996

Urben, P.G., et al (eds.). Bretherick's handbook of reactive chemical hazards. 6th ed.
REF WA 39 B737 1999

Handbook of infectious diseases. 2001

WC 39 H262 2001

 

West, Katherine H. Infectious disease handbook for emergency care personnel

WC 100 W47 1987

 

Raoult, Didier. Dictionary of Infectious Diseases

(Acquisition)

 

Lewis, Richard J., Sr. Hazardous chemicals desk reference. 4th ed.
REF QV 605 S29 1997

Selected textbooks
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Institute of Medicine. The Anthrax Vaccine.

WC 305 A573 2002

 

Guillemin, Jeanne. Anthrax: the investigation of a deadly outbreak.
WC 305 G844 1999

 

Layne, Scott P., et al (eds.). Firepower in the lab: automation in the fight against infectious diseases and bioterrorism.
QY 23 F473 2001

 

Oldstone, Michael B.A. Viruses, plagues, and history.
QW 11 O427 1998

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings:	Anthrax
	Biological Warfare
	Chemical Warfare

Selected journals
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American Journal of Public Health (e-journal)

JAMA (e-journal)

Journal of Hazardous Materials (e-journal)

Journal of Toxicology and Enviromental Health (e-journal)

Vaccine (e-journal)

Clinical Infectious Diseases (e-journal)

Journal of Infectious Diseases (e-journal

Emerging Infectious Diseases (e-journal)

MMWR Weekly  (e-journal)

MMWR Recommendations and Reports (e-journal)

More journals

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Suggested subject headings:	Hazardous Substances - Periodicals
	Vaccines - Periodicals
	Poisoning - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

For article-level searching, log into the RML web site and select "Electronic Databases" from the drop-down box near the top of the page.  For the topic "Anthrax," you might try the following databases:

• Academic Search Elite
• Academic Search Premier
• Basic BIOSIS
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• Ebsco Health Source: Consumer Edition
• ERIC
• Index Medicus & MEDLINE Database
• Newspaper Source

Selected Publications
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Scientific

 

CDC Strategic Planning Workgroup. Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response. MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 21, 2000, 49(RR-4): 1-14. (PDF)

 

Bellamy RJ, Freedman AR. Bioterrorism. QJM. 2001 Apr;94(4): 227-34.

 

Anthrax Library – Collection of articles at the Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Program.

Popular

Kluger, J., et.al. A Dose of Reality for The Health Watchdogs. Time, 2001, October 29, 158(19): 65-66.

Begley, S., et.al. Anxious about Anthrax. Newsweek, 2001, October 22. 138(17): 28.

Enserink, M. All Eyes On Anthrax. Science Now. 2001, October, 15: 2.

Olsnes, S. and Jergen, W. Fighting Anthrax with a Mutant Toxin. Science. 2001, April 27. 292(5517): 647-648.

Meselson, M., et al. 1994. The Sverdlovsk Anthrax Outbreak of 1979. Science. 266: 1202-1208.

Specialized sources

Specialized databases

Anthrax - Interactive tutorial (Patient Education Institute, NLM) - requires flash plug-in

Specialized services

Poison Control Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, (601) 984 -1675.
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Michael P. Hughes. mhughes@pharmacology.umsmed.edu

 

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Selected electronic sources

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.

http://www.apic.org/

Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

Case study: Bioterrorism--Community preparedness, 2002 (Introduction to HSR Course) - National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/ihcm/case5.html

 

Author:  Rama Vishwanatham
Copyright 2001 (Rev 2006 by LMYoung)
Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson