21.   That was the tip-off Ellerbe had contracted San Joaquin Valley Fever, a fungal condition caused by inhaling airborne spores indigenous to the valley.

22.   That sense of uncertainty was heightened Sunday by the news that a postal worker in Washington is seriously ill with pulmonary anthrax, presumably from inhaling spores.

23.   The announcement comes less than a week after a Florida man died of anthrax and two co-workers were found to have inhaled anthrax spores.

24.   The disease starts when a person inhales spores into the lung.

25.   The goal, they said, was to find places outside her workplace and home where she might have inhaled the deadly bacterial spores.

26.   The recent attacks also raise questions about how many spores are inhaled in those who become ill.

27.   Within one to six days after inhaling spores, a victim would get a high fever that ultimately would cause total organ failure.

28.   You can also get anthrax from inhaling the spores, such as from contaminated animal products.

29.   One man has died and a second man remains ill in Florida after inhaling anthrax spores.

30.   Tests confirmed that all had been infected by an unnatural mixture of anthrax strains, indicating they had probably inhaled spores released from the weapons plant.