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Brown, D.F., A.J. Policastro, W.E. Dunn, R. A. Carhart, M. A. Lazaro, W. A. Freeman, and M. Krumpolc. Development of the Table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances for the 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook, Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL/DIS-00-1. October 2000. Buckles, L.C. and S.M. Lewis. "S-(2-Diisopropylamino-ethyl)0-ethyl methylphosphonothioate Stabilized with Soluble Carbodiimides," United States Patent 4012464, September 24,1965. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Case Definition Nerve Agents or Organophosphates." March 15,2005. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not published a specific case definition for intoxication by carbamates. However, the case definition for nerve agents and organophosphates states... 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Case Definition Vesicant (Mustards, Dimethyl Sulfate, and Lewisite)." March 15, 2005. 

The CDC has not published a specific case definition for intoxication by urticants. However, the general case definition for vesicants states "A case in which a vesicant is detected in biologic samples. The case can be confirmed if laboratory testing is not performed because either a predominant amount of clinical and nonspecific laboratory evidence is present or an absolute certainty of the etiology of the agent is known."... 

There is no case definition for exposure to hydrogen sulfide. 

Case definitions exist for the following agents anhydrous ammonia (C11-A061), arsenic trioxide (C11-A047), calcium arsenate (C11-A048), copper acetoarsenite (C11-A049),... 

Case Definition Arsine or Stibine Poisoning." March 4, 2005. 

Case Definition Opioids (Fentanyl, Etorphine, or Others)." March 11,2005. 

CDC Case Definition (1) A case in which saxitoxin in urine is detected or (2) detection of saxitoxin in ingested compounds or seafood. 

CDC Case Definition Acute onset of hypertonia and/or painful muscular contractions (usually of the muscles of the jaw and neck) and generalized muscle spasms without other apparent medical cause. 

Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance." Morbidity and... 

CDC Case Definition An illness characterized by acute or insidious onset of fever, night sweats, undue fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, headache, and arthralgia. Laboratory criteria for diagnosis is (1) isolation of Brucella species from a clinical specimen or (2) fourfold or greater rise in Brucella agglutination titer between acute- and convalescent-phase serum specimens obtained >2 weeks apart and studied at the same laboratory or (3) demonstration by immunofluorescence of Brucella species in a clinical specimen. 

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