TY - JOUR AU - Hart, Mary Kate AU - Del Giudice, Richard A. AU - Korch, George W. T1 - Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 94 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Mycoplasma contamination of the licensed anthrax vaccine administered to military personnel has been suggested as a possible cause of Persian Gulf illness. Vaccine samples tested by nonmilitary laboratories were negative for viable mycoplasma and mycoplasma DNA and did not support its survival. Mycoplasma contamination of anthrax vaccine should not be considered a possible cause of illness. KW - anthrax KW - vaccine KW - mycoplasma KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0801.010091 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/1/01-0091_article ER - End of Reference