Possible anthrax incident at Fort McPherson Army Base, Atlanta, Georgia

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Saturday, February 23, 2002, 13:51 EST (1:51 PM EST)
  
  CDCHAN-00077-2002-02-23-ADV-S
  
  On February 22, 2002, at 5:30 PM EST, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was notified of a possible anthrax incident at Fort McPherson Army Base, Atlanta, Georgia. HAZMAT responded and reported the presence of a package containing a white powder. Initial field tests (Guardian BTA Strips) were positive for Bacillus anthracis. Law enforcement transported the sample to CDC's laboratory facilities in Atlanta for further testing.
  
  Preliminary C D C laboratory results are as follows:
  
  • PCR: Negative
  
  • Culture: No growth at 12 hours
  
  Definitive results are pending culture status at 24 hours (approximately 09:30 PM EST, February 23, 2002). When these results are available, another Health Alert message will be issued.
  
  Event Type: rule out anthrax
  
  Context: general information
  
  Event Type: Man-made
  
  Agent Type: bacteria
  
  Specify Agent (Name): possible anthrax
  
  International: no
  
  Intentional/Unintentional: intentional
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anthrax Military Facilities
• Source:
  HAN ; 077
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Advisory
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Issue:
  77
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a870bc298d1fa6c69fc3fdf2c20b328e7cfe1730c0007a498a38e8d79f2e84e9972cd0efd5080b1cf53825f8ffc7106ac7e5d39ff71866f221c1370b9480f42e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24990/cdc_24990_DS1.pdf
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