Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Deadly Guanarito virus from Venezuela goes missing in Texas lab, officials say no need to panic

http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/03/26/deadly-guanarito-virus-from-venezuela-goes-missing-from-texas-lab-officials-say-not-to-panic/


Deadly Guanarito virus from Venezuela goes missing in Texas lab, officials say no need to panic


The vial, containing what is commonly referred to as Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever, was stored in a Biosafety Level 4 laboratory due to its potential to be weaponized as an aerosol spray. In some South American populations, patients who contracted the virus had a mortality rate of 33%.

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