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

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther

National Hospital Organization, Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, 860-0008, Japan.

Published: December 2014

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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/14787210.2014.979157DOI Listing

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