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Editorial
. 2014 Dec;12(12):1419-21.
doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.979157. Epub 2014 Nov 6.

Discovery of forgotten variola specimens at the National Institutes of Health in the USA

Isao Arita  1
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Editorial

Discovery of forgotten variola specimens at the National Institutes of Health in the USA

Isao Arita. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

In early July 2014, the National Institutes of Health in the USA discovered a few vials containing smallpox virus in their Bethesda, Maryland facility. The subsequent investigation, performed by US CDC, documented viable virus in two of the discovered vials that were subjected to tissue culture testing.

Keywords: cross contamination; forgotten variola specimen; small pox vaccine stock.

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