Destruction of isolates from the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Laboratory.
The Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs hospital administration closed the research laboratory directed by Victor Yu and Janet Stout and destroyed isolates collected as part of a series of clinical studies over 25 years. This article discusses the implications and protests such destruction as an affront to science and scientific study. A petition signed by 243 individuals accompanies this article.
Snydman
David R
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Department of Medicine, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts-New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. DSnydman@tufts-nem.org
Anaissie
Elias J
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Sarosi
George A
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D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs