1. Gram-positive rod surveillance for early anthrax detection.
- Author
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Begier EM, Barrett NL, Mshar PA, Johnson DG, and Hadler JL
- Subjects
- Anthrax blood, Anthrax epidemiology, Bacillus anthracis pathogenicity, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Connecticut epidemiology, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections blood, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections epidemiology, Humans, Inhalation Exposure, Mandatory Reporting, Middle Aged, Telephone, Time Factors, Anthrax diagnosis, Bacillus anthracis isolation & purification, Bioterrorism, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections diagnosis, Population Surveillance methods
- Abstract
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.
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- 2005
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