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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Lab Error May Have Exposed U.S. Technician to Ebola Virus

Lab Error May Have Exposed U.S. Technician to Ebola Virus
A laboratory mistake at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have exposed a technician to the deadly Ebola virus, federal officials said on Wednesday.
The technician will be monitored for signs of infection for 21 days, the incubation period of the disease. A small number of other employees, fewer than a dozen, who entered a lab where the mistake occurred will also be assessed for exposure.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/health/cdc-ebola-error-in-lab-may-have-exposed-technician-to-virus.html?emc=edit_na_20141224

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