1.   Although it is rare, humans can also contract anthrax from contact with contaminated soil, Conger said.

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.   And patients who have contracted inhalation anthrax in the current outbreak have described their early symptoms as respiratory or intestinal flu.

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

5.   At least seven people have contracted skin anthrax, a much less serious form of the illness that does not necessarily require hospitalization.

6.   At least four employees at Brentwood have contracted anthrax, and two have died.

7.   Authorities said Friday that a man who works at the postal distribution facility in Hamilton, outside Trenton, had contracted skin anthrax.

8.   Both contracted skin anthrax and are expected to recover fully.

9.   A cardiologist in New Jersey said on Friday that he thought he might have contracted skin anthrax in the first week of September.

10.   A second woman who works at the same hospital may have contracted skin anthrax, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced Wednesday.