CDC new mistake

No es el primero de los graves errores que han tenido lugar en los "Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades" (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia. Allí se custodian cepas de los agentes biológicos más peligrosos conocidos. Hay instituciones similares en Alemania y Rusia, entre las mejores. Aquí aparece el enlace con el NYT y los CDC.


"A laboratory mistake at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta 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.


Word of the accident provoked concern and disbelief from some safety experts. Dangerous samples of anthrax and flu were similarly mishandled at the C.D.C. just months ago, eroding confidence in an agency that has long been one of the most respected research centers in the world".