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Table 4.1. Early clinical signs <strong>and</strong> symptoms after exposure to selected<br />

bioterrorist agents, continued<br />

Cardiovascular<br />

Shock after respiratory distress<br />

Hematologic<br />

Thrombocytopenia<br />

Neutropenia<br />

Hemorrhage<br />

Disseminated vascular coagulation<br />

Renal<br />

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, thrombotic<br />

thrombocytopenic purpura<br />

Oliguria, renal failure<br />

Inhalational anthrax<br />

Ricin<br />

Viral hemorrhagic fever<br />

Brucellosis<br />

Viral hemorrhagic fever<br />

Hantavirus<br />

Viral hemorrhagic fever<br />

Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis<br />

Eastern equine encephalomyelitis<br />

Western equine encephalomyelitis<br />

Viral hemorrhagic fever<br />

Viral hemorrhagic fever<br />

Escherichia coli O157:H7 <strong>and</strong> other<br />

shiga toxin-producing E. coli<br />

Shigella dysenteriae<br />

Viral hemorrhagic fever<br />

Hantavirus<br />

Other<br />

Painful lymphadenopathy<br />

Bubonic plague<br />

Purulent conjunctivitis with preauricular or Oculogl<strong>and</strong>ular tularemia<br />

cervical lymphadenopathy<br />

* Based on route of exposure; likely to make someone seek medical attention; other manifestations<br />

(e.g., fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea) possible <strong>and</strong> common early on in many illnesses.<br />

†<br />

Rashes of diseases that cause petechiae or vesicular skin lesions may start as macular or papular lesions.<br />

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