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Anthrax vaccine and public health policy.

Weiss MM, Weiss PD, Weiss JB

Veterans Administration, Sepulveda, Calif 91343, USA. martin.weiss@med.va.gov

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified Bacillus anthracis, the causative organism of anthrax, as a category A potential bioterrorism agent. There are critical shortcomings in the US anthrax vaccine program. Rather than depending on the private sector, the government must assume direct production of anthrax vaccine. The development of a capacity capable of preemptive immunization of the public against anthrax should be considered.

Published 24 October 2007 in Am J Public Health, 97(11): 1945-51.
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