Bioterrorism Web Site Resources for Infectious Disease Clinicians and Epidemiologists

Finding bioterrorism-related information on the World Wide Web can be laborious. We hope to help readers find such information more easily by summarizing essential information in a consistent framework. A panel of 7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reviewers identified Web sites and evalua...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2003-06, Vol.36 (11), p.1458-1473
Main Authors: Ferguson, Natalie E., Steele, Lynn, Crawford, Carol Y., Huebner, Nathan L., Fonseka, Jamila C., Bonander, Jason C., Kuehnert, Matthew J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthrax
Biological and medical sciences
Bioterrorism
Botulism
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Communicable Diseases
Computerized medical documentation
Computerized, statistical medical data processing and models in biomedicine
Emergency preparedness
Epidemiology
Humans
Hyperlinks
Infection Control
Infectious diseases
Information Dissemination
Information Services
Internet
Medical sciences
Physicians
Plague
Preventive medicine
Public health
Smallpox
Surfing the Web
Terrorism
Tularemia
United States
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Summary:Finding bioterrorism-related information on the World Wide Web can be laborious. We hope to help readers find such information more easily by summarizing essential information in a consistent framework. A panel of 7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reviewers identified Web sites and evaluated them for sponsorship, mission, content usefulness, online ease of use, and adherence to commonly accepted quality criteria. Of >100 potential sites identified, 81 were chosen for target content of interest, and 43 were selected for inclusion. The results were classified into general purpose/portal sites; biological agent information; laboratory, infection control, epidemiology, and mental health information; and emergency contact sources, news and updates, event preparedness resources, information for first-responder settings, clinical and public education materials, and research resources. Agents covered included anthrax, smallpox, plague, botulism, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fever.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/374560