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Anthrax Uncovered in U.S. Embassy Mailbags in Lithuania

1 November 2001 VILNIUS, 1 November (BNS)–Lithuania’s top microbiology laboratory reported it found anthrax in mailbags from the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius. Director of the Lithuanian Public Health Center’s Microbiology Laboratory in Vilnius, Kazimiera Rutiene said they isolated the anthrax pathogen, Bacillus anthracis, on 1 November. “We found the anthrax pathogen in one of five […]