•In 1998, there were 38 anthrax hoaxes affecting 5,000 people in the United States. But bioterrorism in this country should not be

considered only a hoax. A 1984 salmonella outbreak in Oregon was traced to the Rajneeshee cult, whose members had contaminated

salad bars in at least 10 restaurants in a training exercise for a larger attack designed to influence a local election.1

n ANTHRAX

Anthrax is caused by spore-forming gram-pos