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edited by Donald A. Henderson, Thomas V. Inglesby, and Tara O'Toole, 244 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-57947-280-X, Chicago, Ill, AMA Press, 2002.

JAMA. 2003;289:1571.

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According to a Federal Bureau of Investigation bulletin issued November 15, 2002, "In selecting its next targets, sources suggest Al Qaeda may favor spectacular attacks that meet several criteria: high symbolic value, mass casualties, severe damage to the American economy and maximum psychological trauma." Soon after the tragedies of September 11, 2001,²² cases of anthrax were reported from several cities following distribution of Bacillus anthracis spores via the US mail: The "weapons-grade" spores, it is noted in this bulletin, suggested a high degree of sophistication involving "high spore concentration, uniform particle size, low electrostatic charge, treated to reduce clumping."

Bioterrorism: Guidelines for Medical and Public Health Management tells how we can prepare for such future calamities. It is interesting that the series of articles describing the agents of biologic warfare, gathered and updated for this book, was published in JAMA almost two years before the events of September 11, 2001. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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