Skip Standard Navigation Links
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 CDC Home Search Health Topics A-Z
peer-reviewed.gif (582 bytes)
eid_header.gif (2942 bytes)
 EID Home | Ahead of Print | Past Issues | EID Search | Contact Us | Announcements | Suggested Citation

Volume 8, Number 10, October 2002

Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax

First Case of Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax in the United States, Palm Beach County, Florida, 2001

Marc S. Traeger,*† Steven T. Wiersma,† Nancy E. Rosenstein,* Jean M. Malecki,‡ Colin W. Shepard,* Pratima L. Raghunathan,* Segaran P. Pillai,§ Tanja Popovic,* Conrad P. Quinn,* Richard F. Meyer,* Sharif R. Zaki,* Savita Kumar,‡ Sherrie M. Bruce,* James J. Sejvar,* Peter M. Dull,* Bruce C. Tierney,* Joshua D. Jones,* and Bradley A. Perkins*
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; ‡Palm Beach County Department of Public Health, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA; and §Florida Department of Health, Miami, Florida, USA

 
 
Figure 1.

  Back to article
 

Figure 2. Environmental sample locations of specimens tested for Bacillus anthracis obtained October 25–November 8, 2001, on the three floors of the media company building where patients were employed, Palm Beach County, Florida. Sample locations of 59 negative specimens (including 46 air samples) are not depicted.

 

EID Home | Top of Page | Ahead-of-Print | Past Issues | Suggested Citation | EID Search | Contact Us | Accessibility | Privacy Policy Notice | CDC Home | CDC Search | Health Topics A-Z

This page last reviewed September 9, 2002

Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention