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Anthrax Investigation: Links & Books

Links

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Anthrax
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax
Find out everything you might need to know about anthrax on the bioterrorism section of the CDC website.

Federal Bureau of Investigation—Amerithrax
www.fbi.gov/anthrax/amerithraxlinks.htm
Learn about the Amerithrax investigation at this FBI website. The site includes press releases, analysis of the anthrax letters, a science briefing on the investigation, and more.

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
www.usamriid.army.mil
This website contains information about the Institute where the anthrax used in the 2001 anthrax attacks was developed.

United States Department of Justice: Amerithrax Court Documents
www.usdoj.gov/amerithrax
See the evidence and documents used in the U.S. investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks at this website from the United States Department of Justice.

Books

The Anthrax Letters: A Leading Expert on Bioterrorism Explains the Science Behind the Anthrax Attacks
by Leonard Cole. Skyhorse Publishing, 2009.

Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons Since 1945
by Mark Wheelis, Lajos Rozsa, and Malcolm Dando. Harvard University Press, 2006.

The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm
by Jim A. Davis and Barry R. Schneider (eds.). Praeger Publishers, 2004.

Spores, Plagues and History: The Story of Anthrax
by Chris Holmes. Durban House, 2003.

Articles

A Trained Eye Finally Solved the Anthrax Puzzle
by Nicholas Wade. The New York Times, August 20, 2008.
www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/science/21anthrax.html

Doubts Arise In Bruce Ivins Case
by Dina Temple-Raston and Madeleine Brand. NPR News, August 7, 2008.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93374304


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