Volume 8, Number 10—October 2002
THEME ISSUE
Bioterrorism-related Anthrax
Bioterrorism-related Anthrax
Bacillus anthracis Aerosolization Associated with a Contaminated Mail Sorting Machine
Table
Results of air sampling after Delivery Bar Code Sorter machine no. 17 was activated
Time (min) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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Sampler A | +a | |||||||||||||||||||
Sampler B | + | + | + | + | + |
a+, positive for Bacillus anthracis CFU.