TY - JOUR AU - Begier, Elizabeth AU - Barrett, Nancy AU - Mshar, Patricia AU - Johnson, David AU - Hadler, James T1 - Gram-positive Rod Surveillance for Early Anthrax Detection T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 9 SP - 1483 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Connecticut established telephone-based gram-positive rod (GPR) reporting primarily to detect inhalational anthrax cases more quickly. From March to December 2003, annualized incidence of blood isolates was 21.3/100,000 persons; reports included 293 Corynebacterium spp., 193 Bacillus spp., 73 Clostridium spp., 26 Lactobacillus spp., and 49 other genera. Around-the-clock GPR reporting has described GPR epidemiology and enhanced rapid communication with clinical laboratories. KW - population surveillance KW - gram-positive rods KW - anthrax KW - clostridium infections KW - sepsis KW - disease notification KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1109.041013 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/04-1013_article ER - End of Reference