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Volume 14, Number 4—April 2008
Peer Reviewed Report Available Online Only

Conference Report on Public Health and Clinical Guidelines for Anthrax

Eric Jacob Stern*, Kristin Broome Uhde*, Sean Vincent Shadomy*Comments to Author , and Nancy E. Messonnier*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;

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Revisions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) interim inhalation anthrax screening guidelines proposed by Mayer et al (29), and reviewed by participants in CDC meeting on public health and clinical guidelines for anthrax. For further detail on subsequent algorithm steps see (29). Adapted from (29).

Figure. Revisions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) interim inhalation anthrax screening guidelines proposed by Mayer et al (29), and reviewed by participants in CDC meeting on public health and clinical guidelines for anthrax. For further detail on subsequent algorithm steps see (29). Adapted from (29).

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