-Caveat Lector-
Hiya Das,
"Further study, however, suggests that the Kentucky strain --
dubbed CDC1551 -- is no more virulent than other varieties"
This is damage control.
Read when the author is not saying 'everything is okay':
>A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
> reported that just three patients with the suspect strain were
> responsible for exposing 311 others through casual contact, in a
> rural environment not known for harboring the disease.
> Epidemiologists concluded that 72 percent of 429 people
> known to have had contact with the three between 1994 and 1996
> tested positive on a TB skin test, an almost unheard of infection
> rate. Additional research showed that the bacteria grew in mouse
> lungs at 10 times the rate of other laboratory TB strains.
Hilary
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> From: Das GOAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] Biohazard bacteria stolen
> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 2:23 PM
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> In a message dated 99-06-30 13:34:53 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >This sounds like something out of a Jack Ryan book or one of those
disaster
> >movies. I can hear the ominous music playing now as some jerk infects a
> >large portion of the population as a direct result of his blind
stupidity
> >and greed.
> >
> >Also, what the heck was this scientist doing leaving a highly infectious
> >vial of bacteria in her suitcase? I've worked in a lab. You just don't
do
> >this stuff. If I were the paranoid suspicious type and saw conspiracies
> >everywhere I would red-flag this little incident.
>
>
> Stolen TB Vial Poses No Immediate Peril --
> Bacteria responsible for outbreak in Kentucky
>
> by Sabin Russell
> San Francisco Chronicle, June 30, 1999
>
> A vial of tuberculosis germs stolen from a San Francisco
> hotel room Monday contained a strain of the bacteria responsible
> for a 1995 outbreak of TB in rural Kentucky that scientists once
> feared was especially dangerous.
> Further study, however, suggests that the Kentucky strain --
> dubbed CDC1551 -- is no more virulent than other varieties, but
> has unique qualities that may help researchers develop a better
> vaccine against tuberculosis.
> Scientific interest in the unusual strain has been intense,
> and a paper discussing new findings will be delivered today at
> the National Institutes of Health-sponsored TB conference at the
> Cathedral Hill Hotel, where the burglary took place.
> City health officials yesterday continued to stress that the
> only immediate danger posed by the stolen vial is to the thieves
> if they were to open it.
> "I'm not worried,"' said Dr. Masae Kawamura, director of TB
> control for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
> San Francisco police have no leads in their investigation of
> the burglary of a University of California at San Diego
> researcher's hotel room. Taken from her closet was a black Eddie
> Bauer suitcase containing clothing, jewelry and an 8-inch
> aluminium tube, rolled in plastic bubblewrap and clearly marked
> "Biohazard."
> Police said there were no signs of a break-in.
> The material had been hand-delivered to the unidentified
> scientist earlier by Sabine Ehrt, a post-doctoral researcher at
> UC Berkeley. Transport of hazardous microbes is surprisingly
> routine among laboratories. Typically, the vials are sent by
> mail or UPS.
> Until recently, CDC1551 had a reputation as a particularly
> scary form of tuberculosis. It was studied intensely after a
> frightening outbreak in Clinton County, Ky., and neighboring
> Picket County, Tenn.
> A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
> reported that just three patients with the suspect strain were
> responsible for exposing 311 others through casual contact, in a
> rural environment not known for harboring the disease.
> Epidemiologists concluded that 72 percent of 429 people
> known to have had contact with the three between 1994 and 1996
> tested positive on a TB skin test, an almost unheard of infection
> rate. Additional research showed that the bacteria grew in mouse
> lungs at 10 times the rate of other laboratory TB strains.
> But studies since have downplayed the danger.
> "It turned out that the theory this strain was particularly
> virulent was probably wrong,"' said UC San Francisco TB expert
> Dr. Philip Hopewell.
> A study being presented at the San Francisco conference
> today by Rockefeller University researcher Claudia Manca found
> that the Kentucky strain was not more contagious or severe, but
> prompted a more vigorous immune response in infected mice.
> That tendency to stir up the immune system explains why so
> many Kentucky residents tested positive: the TB test actually
> gauges immune reaction, not active infection. It is also the
> type of response researchers like to see in a vaccine.
>
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