1.   Also, other cases of anthrax triggered by cross contamination of letters have been limited to the less-severe cutaneous anthrax.

2.   An assistant to Tom Brokaw at NBC News in New York City contracted cutaneous anthrax from a letter that contained the bacteria in a granular substance.

3.   Another six survived the severe form of the disease and seven others contracted cutaneous anthrax, which is highly treatable.

4.   Blood or fluid from lesions can be tested for cutaneous anthrax.

5.   Both are suspected cases of cutaneous anthrax, or skin infections that the men contracted when they came in contact with infected animals.

6.   A vast majority of anthrax cases in people worldwide are cutaneous anthrax.

7.   Both tested positive for cutaneous anthrax.

8.   But these are always cases of cutaneous anthrax.

9.   Cases of cutaneous anthrax in New York were initially diagnosed as spider bites.

10.   Citywide, four people have tested positive for cutaneous anthrax.