title: Anthrax 2001--lessons learned: clinical laboratory and beyond.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Re-visit the 2001 anthrax outbreak to assess the ideas and concepts learned from the event as they relate to the illness and to bioterrorism preparedness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Current literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A multitude of lessons have been brought to light. The future of bioterrorism preparedness depends on whether those lessons are acknowledged and acted upon.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, CHRISTUS Spohn Health System, Corpus Christi, TX 78405, USA. dyan_luper2@iwhs.org
authors.forename: Dyan C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Luper
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D023482:Bioterrorism; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States