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Public health guidance for anthrax threat letters or packages

Published Date:

10/9/01

Source:

HAN ; 027

Language:

English

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Corporate Authors:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

Series:

HAN ; 027

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Tuesday, October 09, 2001, 23:23 EDT (11:23 PM EDT)

CDCHAN-00027-2001-10-09-ADV-N

Recently, a number of individuals and organizations have received envelopes or packages with letters indicating that anthrax was either on the letter or in the envelope. Some of these envelopes may have suspicious contents. CDC previously has issued guidance to help address these events in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Bioterrorism Alleging Use of Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Management -- United States, 1998. MMWR 1999:48 (no.4) (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm4804.pdf).

Event Type: athrax terrorism event

Context: general information

Event Type: Man-made

Agent Type: bacteria

Specify Agent (Name): anthrax

International: no

Intentional/Unintentional: intentional

Document Type:

HAN Health Advisory

Collection(s):

Health Alert Network (HAN)

Place as Subject:

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