Publications

from the centers for disease control and prevention. human ingestion of bacillus anthracis-contaminated meat--minnesota, august 2000.		2000	11041741
demand for prophylaxis after bioterrorism-related anthrax cases, 2001.	media reports suggested increased public demand for anthrax prophylaxis after the intentional anthrax cases in 2001, but the magnitude of anthrax-related prescribing in unaffected regions was not assessed. we surveyed a random sample of 400 primary care clinicians in minnesota and wisconsin to assess requests for and provision of anthrax-related antimicrobial agents. the survey was returned by 239 (60%) of clinicians, including 210 in outpatient practice. fifty-eight (28%) of those in outpatient ...	2005	15705321
simulated anthrax attacks and syndromic surveillance.	we measured sensitivity and timeliness of a syndromic surveillance system to detect bioterrorism events. a hypothetical anthrax release was modeled by using zip code population data, mall customer surveys, and membership information from healthpartners medical group, which covers 9% of a metropolitan area population in minnesota. for each infection level, 1,000 releases were simulated. timing of increases in use of medical care was based on data from the sverdlovsk, russia, anthrax release. case ...	2005	16229768
evaluating spatial surveillance: detection of known outbreaks in real data.	since the anthrax attacks of october 2001 and the sars outbreaks of recent years, there has been an increasing interest in developing surveillance systems to aid in the early detection of such illness. systems have been established which do this is by monitoring primary health-care visits, pharmacy sales, absenteeism records, and other non-traditional sources of data. while many resources have been invested in establishing such systems, relatively little effort has as yet been expended in evalua ...	2006	16453375
nurses' beliefs about public health emergencies: fear of abandonment.	since the events of september 11, 2001, subsequent anthrax mailings, world political events, and natural disasters such as hurricane katrina and the recent tsunami, public health emergencies including bioterrorism events are viewed as realistic possibilities. public health emergencies would stress the current health care system.	2006	16877103
modeling the geographic distribution of bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax disease, for the contiguous united states using predictive ecological [corrected] niche modeling.	the ecology and distribution of bacillus anthracis is poorly understood despite continued anthrax outbreaks in wildlife and livestock throughout the united states. little work is available to define the potential environments that may lead to prolonged spore survival and subsequent outbreaks. this study used the genetic algorithm for rule-set prediction modeling system to model the ecological niche for b. anthracis in the contiguous united states using wildlife and livestock outbreaks and severa ...	2007	18165531