15 Oct
2001
15 Oct
'01
6:08 p.m.
On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 04:55:45PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: [...]
- CDC currently does NOT recommend the use of nasal swab specimens as part of evaluating anthrax threats/implied threats or evaluating concerned citizens who think they may have been exposed to anthrax.
[...]
Does anyone know why the CDC does not recommend using nasal swab specimens for testing ? Is that because you can only reliably detect inhalational anthrax that way or is there any other reason ? Cheers, Ralf -- Ralf-P. Weinmann <rpw@uni.de> PGP fingerprint: 2048/46C772078ACB58DEF6EBF8030CBF1724