Laboratory aspects of bioterrorism-related anthrax--from identification to molecular subtyping to microbial forensics.

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During the bioterrorism-associated anthrax investigation of 2001 in the United States, 11 patients were diagnosed with inhalational anthrax and 11 more with the cutaneous forms of the disease. Over 125,000 specimens were processed at laboratories of the Laboratory Response Network including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although the 2001 anthrax investigation initially began as a public...

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