This Time It Was Real: Knowledge Of Anthrax Put to the Test
- 19 October 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 294 (5542) , 490-491
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.294.5542.490
Abstract
What appears to have been a series of attacks with anthrax has frayed the nerves of a nation already jittery from the 11 September massacres and has moved biodefense to the top of the political agenda. The apparent assaults posed a rare test of the country9s capability to deal with a real bioterror attack--albeit a modest threat compared with the medical catastrophe that spraying a fine mist of anthrax over a big city could have wrought. But the crisis also trained a spotlight on the disease itself and the considerable investment in studying it.Keywords
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