91.   She said she contracted connective tissue disease after her silicone implants ruptured.

92.   She was the first person in New Jersey to contract the disease who was not a postal worker.

93.   Since the anthrax attacks began, four people have died from inhalation anthrax, including two Washington postal workers, and six others have contracted the disease.

94.   She believes she contracted the disease while she was working as a nurse and caring for a patient known to have Lyme disease.

95.   So far, anthrax spores have been found only in the mailroom and on the keyboard of the photo editor who contracted the disease and died.

96.   So far, eight people in the United States are known to have contracted the disease, including a man in Florida who died.

97.   Spores of the bacterium can last for years in the soil and are often breathed in by grazing animals, which can then contract the disease.

98.   Some Islamic countries quickly objected because a draft of the declaration included gays and prostitutes in the groups of people particularly at risk for contracting the disease.

99.   Tests showed that four cows had contracted the disease on a farm near Olst, in the eastern part of the country.