New research, "Multigeneration cross contamination of mail with Bacillus species spores by tumbling," is the subject of a report. "In 2001, envelopes loaded with Bacillus anthracis spores were mailed to Senators Daschle and Leahy as well as to the New York Post and NBC News buildings. Additional letters may have been mailed to other news agencies because there was confirmed anthrax infection of employees at these locations," scientists in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland report (see also Bacillus).
"These events heightened the awareness of the lack of understanding of the mechanism(s) by which objects contaminated with a biological agent might spread disease. This …
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