Marshall E
Science. 2000 Jul 21;289(5478):382-3. doi: 10.1126/science.289.5478.382.
Anthrax bacterium, once the deadly scourge of goat-hair workers, has become the bane of the U.S. defense establishment. Without infecting a single soldier, it has created a logistical headache for the Pentagon, as military contractors have fallen far short of supplying a vaccine that will protect all troops and be acceptable to health authorities. Last week military officials were forced to beat a hasty retreat in their current efforts, raising the hackles of legislators who already had serious doubts about the program.
炭疽杆菌，曾经是绒毛工人的致命灾祸，如今却成了美国国防机构的祸根。它未感染一名士兵，却给五角大楼造成了后勤难题，因为军事承包商远未能提供一种能保护所有部队且能被卫生当局接受的疫苗。上周，军方官员被迫匆忙撤回他们目前的努力，这引发了那些已经对该项目深感怀疑的立法者的不满。
