laboratory-acquired tuberculosis -- Faulty Aerosol Chamber Infects 3

international | sci-tech | other press Tuesday April 19, 2005 02:56 by sun

Northern Ireland

NIAID Encourages Use of Leaky Device in Biodefense
Chambers are Located in Nine US States, India, New Zealand, and
Northern Ireland

The Sunshine Project
News Release - 18 April 2005
http://www.sunshine-project.org


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(Austin, 18 April 2005) - A leaky aerosol chamber manufactured by the
University of Wisconsin at Madison was responsible for three
laboratory-acquired tuberculosis infections in a Seattle BSL-3 lab
last year. The infections have not been made public until now. Nearly
twenty Madison chambers exist across the US and in India, New
Zealand, and Northern Ireland.