Presented April 24, 2018.

*This article was selected as the second prize awardee of the 2018 ISDS Awards for Outstanding Research Articles in Biosurveillance in the category of "Scientific Achievement."

Anthrax Assist provides public health practitioners with scenario- and jurisdiction-specific information for developing quantitative response plans and decision-making in an unfolding anthrax event. It combines inhalational anthrax caseload projections (based on initial case reports), effects of variable post-exposure prophylaxis campaigns, and healthcare facility surge capacity requirements, to project hospitalizations and casualties from a newly detected inhalation anthrax event.  In this webinar, Gabriel Rainisch demostrates the tool using a realistic illustrative scenario in which the consequences of various intervention choices are examined.

You can download the Excel-based version of the tool under Technical Appendix 1:  https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/1/15-1787_article.

Presenter

Gabriel Rainisch, MPH, PhD candidate (Georgia State University), Epidemiologist, Health Economics Modeling Unit (HEMU) , Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections (DPEI) , National Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)