Volume 8, Number 10—October 2002
THEME ISSUE
Bioterrorism-related Anthrax
Bioterrorism-related Anthrax
Inhalational Anthrax Outbreak among Postal Workers, Washington, D.C., 2001
Figure 1
![Floor map of the Washington, D.C., Postal Processing and Distribution Center with the known locations of the two B. anthracis–contaminated envelopes (gray diamonds with letters) and work locations of case-patients (black circles with numbers) in the facility on October 12, 2001. The estimated location of case-patients during the time of processing the contaminated envelopes at point C, when the letters were processed by the high-speed sorter machine, are shown as open circles. The main processing area of the facility, containing all of the high-speed sorter machines, and the government mail section of the facility are marked.](/eid/images/02-0330-F1.jpg)
Figure 1. Floor map of the Washington, D.C., Postal Processing and Distribution Center with the known locations of the two B. anthracis–contaminated envelopes (gray diamonds with letters) and work locations of case-patients (black circles with numbers) in the facility on October 12, 2001. The estimated location of case-patients during the time of processing the contaminated envelopes at point C, when the letters were processed by the high-speed sorter machine, are shown as open circles. The main processing area of the facility, containing all of the high-speed sorter machines, and the government mail section of the facility are marked.
1 Tracy B. Agerton , Mary-Kate Appicelli, Paul M. Arguin, Robert F. Benson, Lilah Besser, Richard Besser, George Carlone, Gerald Curtis, Megan Davies, Marvin DeBerry Jr., Catherine Dentinger, Peter Dull, Cindy Friedman, Cindy Hamlin, Leigh Ann Hawley, John Horan, Leta O. Helsel, Tami Hilger, Patricia Holder, Vincent Hsu, Debby Hurlburt, Dennis Kim, Scott E. Johnson, Molly Kellum, Han Li, Mark Long, Susan Lukacs, Trudy Messmer, Elizabeth Mothershed, Janet Pruckler, Daniel S. Schmidt, Stephanie Schwartz, Theresa Smith, Karen Stamey, Evelene Steward-Clark, Eyasu Teshale, Lanier L. Thacker, Tim Uyeki, and Dana White.