De sporen van Bacillus anthracis die daar via de post werden verspreid, hebben geleid tot 23 gevallen van anthrax, waarvan elf door inademing - vijf met dodelijke afloop - alsmede acht bevestigde en vier vermoede gevallen van huidanthrax.
The bacillus anthraxis spores released through the US postal system resulted in 23 cases of anthrax, of which eleven were inhalation cases that led to five deaths, as well as eight confirmed and four suspected cutaneous cases.
