More Infectious Biological Agents Found at US Lab

fda.gov - Press Announcement - July 16, 2014
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nzherald.co.nz - AFP - July 17, 2014

An investigation into the discovery of six vials of forgotten smallpox at a US government lab has turned up many more boxes containing infectious biological agents, US regulators said yesterday.

"The investigation found 12 boxes containing a total of 327 carefully packaged vials labeled with names of various biological agents such as dengue, influenza, Q fever and rickettsia," the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a statement.

The boxes were discovered in the same cold storage area of an FDA lab on the campus of the National Institutes of Health where the half dozen smallpox vials were found on July 1.

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