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Volume 8, Number 10, October 2002

Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax

Bacillus anthracis Aerosolization Associated with a Contaminated Mail Sorting Machine

Peter M. Dull,* Kathy E. Wilson,* Bill Kournikakis,† Ellen A.S. Whitney,* Camille A. Boulet,† Jim Y.W. Ho,† Jim Ogston,† Mel R. Spence,† Megan M. MacKenzie,† Maureen A. Phelan,* Tanja Popovic,* and David Ashford*
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and †Defence Research and Development Canada, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

 
 
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Figure 2. Bacillus anthracis air sampling: Slit Sampler Set A collected air samples for 10 min before and 10 min after the mail sorter was turned on. Slit Sampler Set B collected for 20 min during each period. Total air-flow rate, 33 L/min in both samplers.

 

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