Lack of Evidence for Plague or Anthrax on the New York City Subway

Joel Ackelsberg; Jennifer Rakeman; Scott Hughes; Jeannine Petersen; Paul Mead; Martin Schriefer; Luke Kingry; Alex Hoffmaster; Jay E Gee

doi:10.1016/j.cels.2015.07.008

Lack of Evidence for Plague or Anthrax on the New York City Subway

Cell Syst. 2015 Jul 29;1(1):4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2015.07.008. Epub 2015 Jul 29.

Authors

Joel Ackelsberg¹, Jennifer Rakeman², Scott Hughes², Jeannine Petersen³, Paul Mead³, Martin Schriefer³, Luke Kingry³, Alex Hoffmaster⁴, Jay E Gee⁴

Affiliations

¹ New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY 11101, USA. Electronic address: jackelsb@health.nyc.gov.
² New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY 11101, USA.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3156 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA.
⁴ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

PMID: 27135683
DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2015.07.008

Abstract

Ackelsberg et al. point out a lack of evidence in the dataset of Afshinekoo et al. for the presence of plague and anthrax on the New York City subway.

Publication types

Letter