Saturday, February 23, 2002, 22:40 EST (10:40 PM EST)

CDCHAN-00078-2002-02-23-UPD-S

As reported via the Health Alert Network earlier today, 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, Georgia. Law enforcement transported the sample to CDC's laboratory facilities in Atlanta for further testing.

Updated CDC laboratory results are as follows:

• PCR: Negative

• Culture: No growth of any organism after 24 hours

Culture will be signed out to the State and Federal agencies as negative for Bacillus anthracis.

Event Type: rule out anthrax

Context: general information

Event Type: Man-made

Agent Type: bacteria

Specify Agent (Name): not anthrax

International: no

Intentional/Unintentional: intentional

Health Alert Network (HAN)