Airborne infection with Bacillus anthracis--from mills to mail.(Perspectives)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Connell, Nancy; Davidow, Amy L.; Ellner, Jerrold J.; Fennelly, Kevin P.; Miller, Shelly L. | Copyright information

The lack of identified exposures in 2 of the 11 cases of bioterrorism-related inhalation anthrax in 2001 raised uncertainty about the infectious dose and transmission of Bacillus anthracis. We used the Wells-Riley mathematical model of airborne infection to estimate 1) the exposure concentrations in postal facilities where cases of inhalation anthrax occurred and 2) the risk for infection in various hypothetical scenarios of exposure to B. anthracis aerosolized from contaminated mai...

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