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...While the presence of anthrax was detected in another co-worker Wednesday, officials stress the final results of the swab tests may not be available for days; all of Stevens? co-workers were sent home with a 15-day supply of the antibiotic Cipro, the current standard in preventative measures against anthrax...
...Stevens? death and Blanco?s diagnosis only served to fan the flames of anxiety raging in a suddenly wary American public. Doctors and public health help lines have been bombarded with questions: What is anthrax? Do I have it now? Could I tell if I had it? Is it always fatal...
...hopes of addressing these and other questions about anthrax, TIME.com spoke with Jonathan B. Tucker, a chemical and biological weapons expert in the Washington office of the Monterey Institute. Tucker is the author of "Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox...
...TIME.com: What form does Anthrax take...
...Tucker:Anthrax is a bacterium, but when it?s exposed to air, it forms a spore resembling a seed. The spore is very rugged, and very persistent. If it?s introduced into the soil in that spore form, it can live for years, even decades. That?s the form it would probably be take if it were used as a biological weapon - spores introduced into the air via some delivery method...