Secondary aerosolization of viable Bacillus anthracis spores in a contaminated US senate office

JAMA

Volumn 288, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 2853-2858

  Weis, Christopher P ^a   Intrepido, Anthony J ^b   Miller, Aubrey K ^c   Cowin, Patricia G ^b   Durno, Mark A ^d   Gebhardt, Joan S ^e   Bull, Robert ^e  

^a US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITOR; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BREATHING; CELL VIABILITY; DUST; GOVERNMENT; LETTER; LUNG VENTILATION; NONHUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 0037065287     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.22.2853     Document Type: Article

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