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Volume 8, Number 10, October 2002

Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax

Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax, United States, 2001: Epidemiologic Findings

Daniel B. Jernigan,* Pratima L. Raghunathan,* Beth P. Bell,* Ross Brechner,† Eddy A. Bresnitz,‡ Jay C. Butler,* Marty Cetron,* Mitch Cohen,* Timothy Doyle,* Marc Fischer,* Carolyn Greene,* Kevin S. Griffith,* James L. Hadler,§ James A. Hayslett,* Marci Layton,¶ Richard Meyer,* Lyle R. Petersen,* Michael Phillips,* Robert Pinner,* Tanja Popovic,* Conrad P. Quinn,* Jennita Reefhuis,* Dori Reissman,* Nancy Rosenstein,* Anne Schuchat,* Larry Siegal,# David L. Swerdlow,* Fred C. Tenover,* Marc S. Traeger,* John W. Ward,* Steven Wiersma,** Kevin Yeskey,* Sherif Zaki,* David A. Ashford,* Bradley A. Perkins,* Steve Ostroff,* James Hughes,* David Fleming,* Julie L. Gerberding,* and the National Anthrax Epidemiologic Investigation Team
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Maryland Department of Health and Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ‡New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey, USA; §Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; ¶New York City Department of Health, New York City, New York, USA; #District of Columbia Department of Health, Washington, D.C., USA; and **Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

 
 
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Figure 2. Cases of anthrax associated with mailed paths of implicated envelopes and intended target sites. NY, New York; NBC, National Broadcasting Company; AMI, American Media Inc.; USPS, United States Postal Service; CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System. *Envelope addressed to Senator Leahy, found unopened on November 16, 2001, in a barrel of unopened mail sent to Capitol Hill; **dotted line indicates intended path of envelope addressed to Senator Leahy.

 

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