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Title:

Anthrax: A Possible Case History

Authors:

Thomas V. Inglesby

Date posted:

July 31, 1999

Publication type:

Article

Publication:

Emerg Infect Dis 1999;5(4):556-560

Publisher:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Availability:

Available as PDF

See also:

Full article as PDF • 1999 National Symposium website

Introduction:

Note: The following is a fictional scenario written for the 1999 National Symposium on the Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offices in five U.S. cities have received warnings of an imminent bioterrorist attack. Each threat indicated that a “shower of anthrax would rain on U.S. cities,” unless certain demands were met immediately. One of these calls was in Northeast, a large city on the Eastern Seaboard with a metropolitan population of 2 million. The threats were credible, but no information was relayed to city officials in Northeast or elsewhere.

Full article as PDF • 1999 National Symposium website