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<h3>Table 4.1. Early Clinical Signs and Symptoms After Exposure to Selected Bioterrorist Agents</h3>
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<th scope="col" width="40%">Clinical Signs and Symptoms<sup><a href="#notea">a</a></sup></th>
<th scope="col" width="60%">Agent or Disease</th>
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<td scope="row" colspan="2">Respiratory</td>
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<td scope="row">Influenza-like illness &plusmn; atypical pneumonia</td>
<td><p>Tularemia.<br />
Brucellosis.<br />
Q fever.<br />
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis.<br />
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.<br />
Western equine encephalomyelitis.</p></td>
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<td scope="row">Influenza-like illness with cough and respiratory distress</td>
<td><p>Inhalational anthrax.<br />
Pneumonic plague.<br />
Inhalational tularemia.<br />
Ricin.<br />
Aerosol exposure to <em>Staphylococcal enterotoxin B.</em><br />
Hantavirus.</p>
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<td scope="row">Exudative pharyngitis and cervical lymphadenopathy</td>
<td>Oropharyngeal tularemia</td>
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<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row" colspan="2"><strong>Neurologic</strong></td>
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<td scope="row">Flaccid paralysis</td>
<td>Botulism</td>
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<td scope="row">Encephalitis</td>
<td><p>Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis.<br />
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.<br />
Western equine encephalomyelitis.</p></td>
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<td scope="row">Meningitis</td>
<td><p>Inhalational anthrax.<br />
Septicemic and pneumonic plague.<br />
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis.<br />
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.<br />
Western equine encephalomyelitis.</p></td>
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<td scope="row" colspan="2"><strong>Gastrointestinal</strong></td>
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<td scope="row">Diarrhea</td>
<td><p><em>Salmonella</em> species.<br />
<em>Shigella dysenteriae</em>.<br />
<em>Escherichia coli</em> O157:H7.<br />
<em>Vibrio cholerae</em>.<br />
<em>Cryptosporidium parvum</em>.</p></td>
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<td scope="row">Vomiting, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, hematemesis</td>
<td>Gastrointestinal (GI) anthrax</td>
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<td scope="row" colspan="2"><strong>Dermatologic</strong></td>
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<td scope="row">Vesicular rash<sup><a href="#noteb">b</a></sup> associated with fever, headache, malaise </td>
<td>Smallpox</td>
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<td scope="row">Painless ulceration progressing to black eschar</td>
<td>Cutaneous anthrax</td>
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<td scope="row">Ulcer plus painful regional lymphadenopathy and influenza-like illness </td>
<td>Ulceroglandular tularemia</td>
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<td scope="row">Petechiae<sup><a href="#noteb">b</a></sup> with fever, myalgia, prostration</td>
<td>Viral hemorrhagic fever</td>
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<td scope="row" colspan="2"><strong>Cardiovascular</strong></td>
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<td scope="row">Shock after respiratory distress</td>
<td><p>Inhalational anthrax.<br />
Ricin.<br />
Viral hemorrhagic fever.</p></td>
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<td scope="row" colspan="2"><strong>Hematologic</strong></td>
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<td scope="row">Thrombocytopenia</td>
<td><p>Brucellosis.<br />
Viral hemorrhagic fever.<br />
Hantavirus.</p></td>
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<td scope="row">Neutropenia</td>
<td><p>Viral hemorrhagic fever.<br />
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis.<br />
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.<br />
Western equine encephalomyelitis.</p></td>
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<td scope="row">Hemorrhage</td>
<td>Viral hemorrhagic fever</td>
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<td scope="row">Disseminated vascular coagulation</td>
<td>Viral hemorrhagic fever</td>
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<td scope="row" colspan="2"><strong>Renal</strong></td>
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<td scope="row">Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura</td>
<td><p><em>Escherichia coli</em> O157:H7 and other shiga toxin-producing <em>E. coli</em>.<br />
<em>Shigella dysenteriae</em>.</p></td>
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<td scope="row">Oliguria, renal failure</td>
<td><p>Viral hemorrhagic fever.<br />
Hantavirus.</p></td>
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<td scope="row" colspan="2"><strong>Other</strong></td>
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<td scope="row">Painful lymphadenopathy</td>
<td>Bubonic plague</td>
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<td scope="row">Purulent conjunctivitis with preauricular or cervical lymphadenopathy</td>
<td>Oculoglandular tularemia</td>
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<p class="size2"><a id="notea" name="notea"></a><sup>a</sup> Based on route of exposure; likely to make someone seek medical attention; other manifestations (e.g., fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea) possible and common early on in many illnesses.<br />
<a id="noteb" name="noteb"></a><sup>b</sup> Rashes of diseases that cause petechiae or vesicular skin lesions may start as macular or papular lesions.</p>
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