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Published online 16 April 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020415-2
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Syrup sales flag anthrax outbreak
Over-the-counter cough medicines could give early warning of bioterrorism.
Tracking over-the-counter sales of cough medications for unseasonable surges could be a way of spotting imminent anthrax epidemics, say US researchers1.
In the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks in the United States, scientists are working on ways to detect a biological attack quickly and so minimize its effects.
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