title: Clinicopathologic aspects of animal and zoonotic diseases of bioterrorism.
abstract: We live in an era of emerging infectious diseases and the threat of bioterrorism. Most of the infectious agents of modern concern, from plague to avian influenza H5N1, are zoonotic diseases: infectious agents that reside in quiet animal reservoir cycles that are transmitted occasionally to humans. The public health, health care, and veterinary communities have an enormous challenge in the early recognition, reporting, treatment, and prevention of zoonotic diseases. An intimate understanding of the natural ecology, geographic distribution, clinical signs, lesions, and diagnosis of these diseases is essential for the early recognition and control of these diseases.
authors.affiliation: Regional Western Pathologies, 6941 Bristol Lane, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA. rwpath@montanadsl.net
authors.forename: Marc E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mattix
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Zeman
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moeller
authors.forename: Carney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D023482:Bioterrorism; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*