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Title:

Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI's Investigation of the 2001 Anthrax Letters

Authors:

Committee on Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI's Investigation of the 2001 Bacillus Anthracis Mailings; National Research Council

Date posted:

February 15, 2011

Publication type:

Report

Publication:

Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2011

Publisher:

National Academies Press

Availability:

Open access

Introduction:

Less than a month after the September 11, 2001, attacks, letters containing spores of anthrax bacteria (Bacillus anthracis, or B. anthracis) were sent through the U.S. mail. Between October 4 and November 20, 2001, 22 individuals developed anthrax; 5 of the cases were fatal.

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