This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on ISI (2)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Topic Collections  • Violence and Human Rights  • Bioterrorism  • Dermatology, Other  • Emergency Medicine  • Alert me on articles by topic

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Bioterrorism has been increasingly realized as a significant threat to the US population. Although improving, the health care system is still not prepared to handle an attack, and clinicians expected to identify a bioterrorism attack have yet to be properly trained.¹ Physicians' prompt identification and reporting of unusual diseases are key to rapid response and limitation of disease spread.²

Infection with class "A" bioterrorism agents is frequently associated with cutaneous lesions. With data supporting the role of dermatologists as primary providers of dermatologic care to patients, dermatologists are first responders who can be prepared to respond to possible bioterrorist-related skin infections.^3-4

A brief survey was developed to assess whether dermatologists feel prepared to handle bioterrorism in the United States. In conjunction with the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), the survey was mailed to 1000 randomly selected AAD members. The study was approved by the institutional review board at Wake Forest . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Christie Carroll, MD
Winston-Salem

Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD
Houston, Tex

Vishal Khanna, MFA
Winston-Salem

Steven Feldman, MD, PhD
Department of Dermatology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
(e-mail: sfeldman@wfubmc.edu)