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CNN article on Anthrax

NEW YORK (CNN) -- NBC officials confirmed Friday that an employee at NBC in Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan has tested positive for a skin anthrax infection.

The employee is in good condition and expected to recover, according to NBC executives.

"Today we learned that one of our employees at 30 Rockefeller Center has tested positive for the cutaneous (skin) anthrax infection," according to a note to NBC employees from NBC chairman Bob Wright and NBC president Andy Lack.

"It is important to note that this is not the same respiratory anthrax that has been reported in the news. Obviously, we are concerned for the employee's well-being. She has received treatment and is responding well. She is in no danger, and she should recover fully and completely. The Department of Health is coordinating her ongoing care."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the FBI, and the New York City Department of Health are investigating.

Cutaneous anthrax is not as serious as inhalation anthrax.

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