Doganay L, Welsby P D
Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Tip Fakultesi ic Hastaliklari AD, Inciralti, Izmir 35340, Turkey.
Postgrad Med J. 2006 Nov;82(973):754-6. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.044487.
Anthrax was a relatively unknown disease in the Western world until 2001, when spores were maliciously mailed in the US, causing five deaths. The mortality of the disease, the stability of its spores and the subsequent lack of person-to-person spread make anthrax an attractive biological weapon for terrorists with a desire for targeted mass destruction.
直到2001年,炭疽病在西方世界还是一种相对鲜为人知的疾病,当时美国有人恶意邮寄含有孢子的信件,导致5人死亡。这种疾病的致死率、孢子的稳定性以及随后不会在人与人之间传播的特性,使得炭疽病成为恐怖分子青睐的生物武器,他们渴望进行有针对性的大规模破坏。