Objective To develop a method for fast and quantitive detection of anthrax spore.
Letters containing anthrax spores were sent to American senators and news outfits in autumn 2001, killing five and infecting seventeen.
It does not need to be launched as in the case of a missile. It is also not as noticeable as anthrax spores.
In Rome, the US Embassy received a parcel containing white powder the day before yesterday. Embassy officials feared that it might contain anthrax spores.
The FBI has released documents saying Army scientist Bruce Ivins had custody of anthrax spores identical to those that killed five and sickened at least 17 others in 2001.
