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Suspected Brucellosis Case Prompts Investigation of Possible Bioterrorism-Related Activity—New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 1999
JAMA. 2000;284:300-302.
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MMWR. 2000;49:509-512
Brucella species, particularly B. melitensis and B. suis, are potential agents of biological terrorism.1-2 This report describes the public health and law enforcement assessment of a suspected case of brucellosis in a woman, in which the atypical clinical presentation and suspicious circumstances surrounding the case raised the possibility of biological terrorism. Although the investigation did not identify evidence of biological terrorism, the safe resolution of the case illustrates the value of integrated clinical, public health, and law enforcement biological terrorism preparedness and response.
On March 25, 1999, a 38-year-old woman who resided in New Hampshire was admitted to hospital A in New Hampshire with fever, myalgia, and weakness, which progressed over 3 days to respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. On day 22, after 3 weeks of intensive care, the patient was transferred to hospital B in Boston, Massachusetts. Paired serum specimens obtained on day 4 and day . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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