Durrheim David N, Muller Reinhold, Saunders Vicki L, Speare Richard, Lowe John B
Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle University, New South Wales and James Cook University, Queensland.
Aust Fam Physician. 2006 Mar;35(3):172-4.
Anthrax bioterrorism is a new threat to Australians. How they would respond to an anthrax bioterrorism event is unknown.
A national telephone survey of Australian adults.
We successfully interviewed 1001 Australian adults (response rate 63%). The threat of anthrax bioterrorism was of medium to high concern to 57% of survey participants. In the event of an anthrax bioterrorism event, the first point of care would be GPs for 60% of survey participants, and 71% were confident in their doctor's ability to recognise anthrax. Most would accept vaccination if anthrax bioterrorism cases were reported locally, or even elsewhere in Australia.
Australian GPs should be included in any bioterrorism planning to respond to such threats.
炭疽生物恐怖主义对澳大利亚人构成了新的威胁。他们将如何应对炭疽生物恐怖主义事件尚不清楚。
对澳大利亚成年人进行全国性电话调查。
我们成功采访了1001名澳大利亚成年人（应答率63%）。57%的调查参与者对炭疽生物恐怖主义威胁高度或中度关注。在炭疽生物恐怖主义事件发生时，60%的调查参与者会首先求助于全科医生，71%的人对其医生识别炭疽的能力有信心。如果当地甚至澳大利亚其他地方报告了炭疽生物恐怖主义病例，大多数人会接受疫苗接种。
在应对此类威胁的任何生物恐怖主义计划中都应纳入澳大利亚的全科医生。
