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An observational trial was performed after the anthrax letter attacks.

A total of 30,000 people were thought to have been potentially exposed

and were offered antibiotics and vaccine. 10,000 plus took antibiotics

and 199 took 3 doses of vaccine as well post exposure.

None of them came down with anthrax. Thus rapid antibiotic use was

associated with 100% disease prevention, and vaccination confirmed no

additional benefit.

Meryl Nass, MD

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> WASHINGTON (Reuters) MAY 1, 2006 504 PM ET

> Vaccine plus antibiotics protects against anthrax By Maggie Fox,

> Health and Science Correspondent

> Mon May 1, 5:04 PM ET

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> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Combining an anthrax vaccine with a short

> course of antibiotics completely protected monkeys who inhaled spores

> of the often-deadly bacteria, offering perhaps a more realistic way to

> protect people in case of a biological attack, researchers said on

> Monday.

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> The finding suggests it may be possible to vaccinate people who have

> been exposed to anthrax spores, and give them a short, two-week course

> of antibiotics to provide extra protection while their immune system

> gears up, the researchers report in this week's issue of the

> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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> This could be a more useful way to treat people who are exposed to

> inhaled anthrax than the current regime of taking antibiotics every

> day for two months, the team at the U.S. Army Medical Research

> Institute of Infectious Diseases and the National Institute of Allergy

> and Infectious Diseases said.

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> " This provides direct evidence that the combination of anthrax vaccine

> with a short course of antibiotics given post exposure can completely

> protect nonhuman primates from inhalational anthrax, " said Dr. Arthur

> Friedlander, who led the study.

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> " Our results also suggest that the appearance of an antibody response

> -- after treatment with antibiotics alone or in conjunction with

> vaccination -- might be useful in determining when antibiotics can be

> safely discontinued. "

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> In October 2001, someone sent several letters contaminated with

> anthrax spores to several U.S. offices, including at the Senate in

> Washington.

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> Eleven people became infected with inhalational anthrax, the most

> deadly form, and five of them died. No one has ever been charged with

> the crime.

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> INHALED DANGER

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> Inhaled anthrax is dangerous because it can form spores that lodge in

> the lungs and become dormant weeks after the initial exposure.

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> If someone knows he or she has been exposed, anthrax is easily treated

> with antibiotics, but once the symptoms of inhaled anthrax begin it is

> almost impossible to treat because the bacteria have already pumped

> out lethal amounts of toxin.

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> So after the 2001 attacks, more than 10,000 people who may have been

> exposed to the spores, notably employees of the U.S. Senate and some

> postal workers, were offered a 60-day course of ciprofloxacin or

> doxycycline, the two antibiotics that can prevent anthrax symptoms.

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> But it is difficult to take antibiotics for such a long time and there

> are significant side effects.

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> " Adverse events associated with antibiotic prophylaxis such as

> diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness were commonly reported, " the

> researchers wrote.

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> " More importantly, the overall adherence rate during 60 days of

> antibiotics was poor (44 percent), " they added.

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> So the researchers tested two groups of 10 rhesus macaques each,

> exposing them to a lethal dose of anthrax spores and then giving them

> 14 days worth of antibiotics.

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> " One group also received three doses of the licensed human anthrax

> vaccine, " the researchers wrote.

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> Only four monkeys given antibiotics alone lived, compared to all 10

> who got the vaccine also.

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> And the animals were immune to anthrax eight to 11 months later,

> suggesting long-term benefit from the vaccine, the researchers said.

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> Our Anthrax information web site:

> http://www.dallasnw.quik.com/cyberella/

> /files/VAERS.pdf

> DESTROY QUARANTINED VACCINE:

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> PETITION TO OVERTURN/REPEAL FERES DOCTRINE

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> To visit Dr. Meryl Nass's web site, go to:

> http://www.anthraxvaccine.org

> Also visit: Anthrax Vaccine Benefit vs Risk: http://www.avip2001.net

> AND http://www.MajorBates.com/

> Anthrax Vaccine Network http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/default.asp

> Sgt. Larson's story:

> http://www.ngwrc.org/anthrax/heroes/sandralarson.htm

> http://www.avip2001.net/CongressionalTestimony.htm

> Tom Heemstra's new book -

> http://www.anthraxadeadlyshotinthedark.com/index.html

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