31.   Rawlings said it is possible that people could contract anthrax, think their symptoms were caused by another illness like the flu and die before being properly diagnosed.

32.   Seven others have contracted skin anthrax, a much less serious illness that has not required hospitalization.

33.   Six postal workers have apparently contracted anthrax, including one from the Camden area who was added to the list Wednesday.

34.   She contracted anthrax on her skin apparently after coming in contact with a suspicious powder in mail delivered to NBC headquarters more than two weeks ago.

35.   She had contracted anthrax from powder in a letter she had opened in late September.

36.   Still, public health scientists believe that the risk of anyone contracting anthrax from a cross-contaminated piece of mail is very small.

37.   The authorities Friday emphasized that much investigative work remained to be done, and that no theory of how Lundgren contracted anthrax could be conclusively ruled out.

38.   The next surprise was that postal workers could contract anthrax from spores contained in mail.

39.   The second hospital employee, who may have contracted skin anthrax, worked in a different area of the building, according to Cohen, the health commissioner.

40.   The State Department essentially shut down its pouch system for overseas diplomats after an employee at an off-site mailroom in Virginia contracted inhalation anthrax.