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Article: Anthrax cases spur FBI probe, concern.(A)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2001
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Byline: August Gribbin and Jerry Seper
The FBI yesterday opened a vigorous investigation into the circumstances of the death of one man from anthrax and the revelation that a second had been exposed to the spores that cause the disease.
The second man, a mailroom worker, has not been diagnosed as having pulmonary anthrax, which is not spread by person-to-person contact.
"Two swallows do not make spring," said Dr. Richard Levinson, deputy director of the American Public Health Association.
He and health officials in Florida are reluctant to regard the two cases as anything but coincidences. Dr. Levinson speculates that the patient may ...