title: Anthrax: a disease in waiting?
abstract: Anthrax was a relatively unknown disease in the Western world until 2001, when spores were maliciously mailed in the US, causing five deaths. The mortality of the disease, the stability of its spores and the subsequent lack of person-to-person spread make anthrax an attractive biological weapon for terrorists with a desire for targeted mass destruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Tip Fakultesi ic Hastaliklari AD, Inciralti, Izmir 35340, Turkey. levent.doganay@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Doganay
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dognany
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Welsby
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001694:Biological Warfare; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy