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The newly established Bioterrorism (BT) team of the Infectious Diseases Branch is part of a multidisciplinary CDHS initiative to strengthen public health infrastructure to detect, identify, investigate, and control illnesses due to biological or chemical terrorist attacks. The team will focus on enhancing state and local health surveillance and epidemiologic response capacity for diseases due to biological agents such as anthrax, botulism, brucellosis, smallpox, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fever. If a suspected bioterrorism event occurs, the BT team will also provide epidemiologic assistance and coordination to the local health departments. Public health and epidemiologic response to terrorist attacks involving chemical agents will be in coordination with staff from the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control.


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Publications
	California Bioterrorism Surveillance and Epidemiologic Response Plan
	California Bioterrorism Surveillance and Epidemiologic Response Plan Appendix C: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Slide Presentation: Bioterrorism: Are You Prepared?
	California Bioterrorism Surveillance and Epidemiologic Response Plan Appendix D: Santa Clara Public Health Department presentation: Reporting a suspect bioterrorism event: Role of the clinician, the local health department, and others
	California Bioterrorism Surveillance and Epidemiologic Response Plan Appendix E: Clinical descriptions for syndromes caused by priority biological and chemical threat agents
	Smallpox Questions & Answers
Clinical Training Material - Recognition & Treatment of Bioterrorist Threat Diseases
	USAMRICD ? U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense - The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense is devoted to developing medical countermeasures to chemical warfare agents and to train medical personnel in the medical management of chemical casualties. This web site provides information about training, published materials, and links to other web sites about chemical terrorism, including a link to the Textbook of Military Medicine Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare.
	Medical Society of the State of New York - Public Health Emergencies: Quick Primer for Clinicians on Detecting Public Health Emergencies
General Information - Biological & Chemical Terrorism
	Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies - The Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies is a part of the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health. The Center aims to raise consciousness and knowledge base regarding the medical and public health threats posed by biological weapons, and to foster the planning and preparation for response to possible bioterrorist attacks. This web site provides information and web links to academic, scientific, and governmental sites related to bioterrorism.
	Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute for International Studies - The Monterey Institute is the world's largest non-governmental organization devoted to combating the spread of WMD. Web site materials, authored primarily by the Institute, are organized by geographical region, publication type, and subject (chemical and biological weapons, missiles, nuclear weapons, and treaties and regimes).
	The Henry L. Stimpson Center Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project - The Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project of the Henry L. Stimson Center examines the panoply of issues associated with chemical and biological weapons, including treaties for threat control and reduction, weapons destruction technologies, and export controls. This web site offers materials developed specifically for the project, and is organized by geographical region and subject.
Healthcare Facility Preparedness
	APIC/CDC Bioterrorism Readiness Plan: A Template for Healthcare Facilities - Prepared by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Bioterrorism Task Force and the CDC Hospital Infections Program Bioterrorism Working Group, this document is intended to be used as a reference tool for infection control (IC) professionals and healthcare epidemiologists in the development of practical and realistic response plans for healthcare facilities in preparation for a real or suspected bioterrorist attack.
	California Hospital Bioterrorism Response Planning Guide
Public Health Preparedness & Response
	CDC Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program - The Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program at the CDC is devoted to coordinating a public health response to a bioterrorist attack. This web site provides information about chemical and biological agents, press releases, training, contacts, and other important information relating to the public health aspects of bioterrorism preparedness and response.
	Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response ? Recommendations of the CDC Strategic Planning Working Group MMWR. 2000; 49: RR-4. - Prepared by the CDC Strategic Planning Group, this strategic plan contains recommendations to reduce U.S. vulnerability to deliberate dissemination of biological or chemical agents by addressing the role of public health in preparedness planning, detection and surveillance, laboratory analysis, emergency response, and communication systems.
	The Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases.1999;5(4): 491-592. - The Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed journal published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases of the CDC. This volume of EID is largely devoted to issues related to biological warfare.
Vaccine Issues
	Vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2001
	Use of Anthrax Vaccine in the U.S.: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), December 15, 2000

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