POST EXPOSURE TREATMENT OF MONKEYS

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Subject: POST EXPOSURE TREATMENT OF MONKEYS                              

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box ID: BX003201

Folder Title: POST EXPOSURE TREATMENT OF MONKEYS CHALLENGED WITH AEROSOLIZED ANTHRAX SPORES                   

Document Number:          1

Folder SEQ  #:         10


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                         POST EXPOSURE TREATMENT OF MONKEYS
                    CHALLENGED WITH AEROSOLIZED ANTHRAX SPORES

         Treatment       Duration        Subjects        Survival Day of Death

         Controls        30 Days            10               10%       3-8

         Antibiotic      30 Days             9               89%       36
         (Cipro)

         Antibiotic      30 Days            10               90%       36
         (Doxy)

         Vaccination +   30 Days             9              100%      None
           Doxy



         1. 90 percent unvaccinated, unprotected monkeys exposed to anthrax
         died in 3 to 8 days.

         2. When treated with antibiotic, exposed monkeys had survival rate
         of 90 percent.

         3.   When treated with antibiotic and vaccinated, all exposed
         monkeys lived.

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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-36
Box ID = BX003201
Unit = OTSG
Parent Organization = HSC
Folder Title = POST EXPOSURE TREATMENT OF MONKEYS CHALLENGED WITH AEROSOLIZED ANTHRAX SPORES
Folder Seq # = 10
Subject = POST EXPOSURE TREATMENT OF MONKEYS
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 04-OCT-1996