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  • Infection heightens fear of Boston biosafety lab

    01/24/2005 5:00:35 AM PST · by ninonitti · 10 replies · 887+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | January 24, 2005 | By Jonathan Finer
    <p>BOSTON — The revelation last week that a laboratory slip-up led three Boston University scientists to become infected with tularemia, a flulike disease sometimes referred to as "rabbit fever," has fueled criticism of a plan to build a state-of-the-art research lab to study some of the world's most lethal germs in Boston's South End.</p>