Included below are 22 cases of anthrax that comprise the outbreak, 18 confirmed by CDC and 4 deemed suspicious.  Case 10 was previously classified as suspicious by CDC but then removed on December 7, 2001 due to lack of confirmatory testing. Case "add" (for addenda -- not part of the outbreak) arose many months later in a laboratory accident in Texas and is counted as case 23 by CDC but not by Professor Frerichs, feeling it was separate from the outbreak. The list contains information provided by CDC in MMWR, clinical authors and the news media.  Sole responsibility for epidemiologic judgment, site structure and contents lies with Professor R.R. Frerichs.

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Case

Age

Gender

Onset Date

Location

Type

Status

Source

Disp.

DOD

1

30

F

09/22/01

 NYC Cutaneous

Suspected

Sept. 18 letter

Alive

2

38

F

09/25/01

 NYC Cutaneous

Confirmed

Sept. 18 letter

Alive

3

39

M

09/26/01

 NJ Cutaneous

Suspected

Sept. 18 letter

Alive

4

45

F

09/28/01*

 NJ Cutaneous

Confirmed

Sept. 18 letter

Alive

5

63

M

09/30/01*

 FL Inhalational

Confirmed

Unfound mail

Dead

10/05/01

6

23

F

09/28/01

NYC

Cutaneous

Suspected

Sept. 18 letter

Alive

7

73

M

09/28/01

 FL Inhalational

Confirmed

Unfound mail

Alive

8

0.6

M

09/29/01

 NYC Cutaneous

Confirmed

Sept. 18 letter

Alive

9

27

F

10/01/01

 NYC Cutaneous

Confirmed

Unfound mail

Alive

10

54

M

10/13/01

 NJ Cutaneous

Removed

Oct. 9 letter

Alive

11

56

F

10/14/01

 NJ Inhalational

Confirmed

Oct. 9 letter

Alive

12

35

M

10/14/01

 NJ Cutaneous

Confirmed

Oct. 9 letter

Alive

13

43

F

10/15/01

 NJ Inhalational

Confirmed

Oct. 9 letter

Alive

14

56

M

10/16/01

 DC Inhalational

Confirmed

Oct. 9 letter

Alive

15

55

M

10/16/01

 DC Inhalational

Confirmed

Oct. 9 letter

Dead

10/21/01

16

47

M

10/16/01

 DC Inhalational

Confirmed

Oct. 9 letter

Dead

10/22/01

17

56

M

10/16/01

 DC Inhalational

Confirmed

Oct. 9 letter

Alive

18

51

F

10/17/01

 NJ Cutaneous

Confirmed

Oct. 9 letter

Alive

19

34

M

10/19/01

 NYC Cutaneous

Suspected

Sept. 18 letter

Alive

20

59

M

10/22/01

 DC Inhalational

Confirmed

Oct. 9 letter

Alive

21

38

M

10/23/01

 NYC Cutaneous

Confirmed

Sept. 18 letter

Alive

22

61

F

10/25/01

 NYC Inhalational

Confirmed

Unknown

Dead

10/31/01
23 94

F

 11/14/01 CT Inhalational Confirmed Oct. 9 letter

Dead

11/21/01
Add ?

M

 3/1/02 TX Cutaneous Confirmed Env. specimen Alive  

* originally estimated as 9/27 (case 4), and 9/27 (case 5) from media accounts but then later reported by CDC as 9/28 (case 4), and 9/30 (case 5).

CDC = Center for Disease Control and Prevention; MMWR = Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; Age = years at last birthday; gender: M = males, F = female; onset date: onset of date of Anthrax signs and symptoms; location: NYC = New York City, NJ = New Jersey, FL = Florida, DC = Washington DC; type: cutaneous Anthrax and inhalational Anthrax; status: confirmed or suspected Anthrax (CDC definition);  source: probable letter (postmarked date); disp.: disposition alive or dead; DOD: date of death; add: addenda, not part of original outbreak.