TY - JOUR AU - Das, Rina AU - Hammamieh, Rasha AU - Neill, Roger AU - Ludwig, George V. AU - Eker, Steven AU - Lincoln, Patrick AU - Ramamoorthy, Preveen AU - Dhokalia, Apsara AU - Mani, Sachin AU - Mendis, Chanaka AU - Cummings, Christiano AU - Kearney, Brian AU - Royaee, Atabak AU - Huang, Xiao-Zhe AU - Paranavitana, Chrysanthi AU - Smith, Leonard AU - Peel, Sheila AU - Kanesa-Thasan, Niranjan AU - Hoover, David AU - Lindler, Luther E. AU - Yang, David AU - Henchal, Erik AU - Jett, Marti PY - 2008 DA - 2008/07/30 TI - Early indicators of exposure to biological threat agents using host gene profiles in peripheral blood mononuclear cells JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 104 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Effective prophylaxis and treatment for infections caused by biological threat agents (BTA) rely upon early diagnosis and rapid initiation of therapy. Most methods for identifying pathogens in body fluids and tissues require that the pathogen proliferate to detectable and dangerous levels, thereby delaying diagnosis and treatment, especially during the prelatent stages when symptoms for most BTA are indistinguishable flu-like signs. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-104 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-8-104 ID - Das2008 ER -