Laboratory Response to Anthrax Bioterrorism, New York City, 2001

Laboratory Response to Anthrax Bioterrorism, New York City, 2001

In October 2001, the greater New York City Metropolitan Area was the scene of a bioterrorism attack. The scale of the public response to this attack was not foreseen and threatened to overwhelm the Bioterrorism Response Laboratory’s (BTRL) ability to process and test environmental samples. In a join...

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Main Authors: Michael B. Heller, Michel L. Bunning, Martin E.B. France, Debra M. Niemeyer, Leonard Peruski, Tim Naimi, Phillip M. Talboy, Patrick H. Murray, Harald W. Pietz, John Kornblum, William Oleszko, Sara T. Beatrice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
anthrax
Bacillus anthracis
bioterrorism
New York
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/10/02-0376_article

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