Monday, March 25, 2013

Virus missing from secured facility

A virus disappeared from a secure facility at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, officials said. Officials said they discovered the missing virus during a routine internal inspection on March 20.

The missing vial contained less than a quarter teaspoon of a virus called Guanarito, which is native only to Venezuela and can cause hemorrhagic fever, officials said.


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