Discovery of forgotten variola specimens at the National Institutes of Health in the USA.
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.
National Hospital Organization, Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, 860-0008, Japan.
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D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000592:standards*; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000592:standards*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D012901:Variola virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014773:Virology / Q000592:standards
D017744:Medical Waste Disposal
cross contamination; forgotten variola specimen; small pox vaccine stock