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Bioterrorism
Studies from University of Pittsburgh, Medical Department have provided new information about bioterrorism
April 7th, 2009
According to recent research published in the Journal of Dental Research, "Oral manifestations of diseases caused by bioterrorist agents could be a potential data source for biosurveillance. This study had the objectives of determining the oral manifestations of diseases caused by bioterrorist agents, measuring the prevalence of these manifestations in emergency department reports, and constructing and evaluating a detection algorithm based on them." "We developed a software application to detect oral manifestations in free text and identified positive reports over three years of data. The normal frequency in reports for oral manifestations related to anthrax...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-07)
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