Volume 8, Number 10—October 2002
THEME ISSUE
Bioterrorism-related Anthrax
Bioterrorism-related Anthrax
Epidemiologic Investigations of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax, New Jersey, 2001
Table 1
Characteristic | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 | Case 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | Male | Male | Female | Female | Female |
Age (yrs) | 45 | 39 | 35 | 56 | 43 | 51 |
Cutaneous/ inhalational | Cutaneous | Cutaneous | Cutaneous | Inhalational | Inhalational | Cutaneous |
Postal worker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Employed at Trenton PDCa | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Date of illness onset | 9/28 | 9/26 | 10/14 | 10/14 | 10/15 | 10/17 |
Incubation period | 9 daysb | 8 days | 5 days | 5 days | 6 days | Unknown |
Hospitalized | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Survived | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
aPDC, postal distribution center.
bAssuming exposure on 9/19.
1 The CDC New Jersey Anthrax Investigation Team consists of Paul P. Abamonte, Chidinma Alozie-Arole, Gregory Armstrong, Sherrie Bruce, Shadi Chamany, Diane Crawford, Donita R. Croft, Colleen Crowe, Stephanie I. Davis, George DiFerdinando, Catherine Dentinger, Deborah A. Deppe, Mary Dillon, Mary Dott, Leigh A. Farrington, Michael Fraser, Dara S. Friedman, Jessica Gardom, Carol Genese, Dawn Gnesda, Rita Helfand, Beth C. Imhoff, Greg J. Jones, Renee Joskow, Pavani Kalluri, Sean G. Kaufman, Melody Kawamoto, Malinda Kennedy, Jonathon D. King, Susan McClure, Michelle McConnell, Peter D. McElroy, Kenneth R. Mead, Suzanne Miro, R. Leroy Mickelsen, Jeff Nemhauser, Mita Patel, Cindi Pecoraro, Marion Pierce, Lisa Roth-Edwards, Hardeep Sandhu, Donald Schill, Michael Sells, Nicole Tucker, Reuben Varghese, Daniel J. Yereb, and Juan Zubieta.