Mice infected with deadly plague are missing in N.J.

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Mice infected with deadly plague are missing in N.J.

 

 

 

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:59:51 -0400

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15 September 2005

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Mice infected with deadly plague are missing in N.J. 15 Sep 2005

Authorities are searching for three mice infected with bubonic plague

that disappeared from a research laboratory about two weeks ago. The

mice went missing from the lab of the Public Health Research

Institute, which is located on the UMDNJ campus and conducts

bioterrorism research for the federal government. [Oh, I'm sure

they'll emerge in a Blue state pretty soon.]

 

 

 

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/breaking_news/story/346674p-295865c.html

 

Mice infected with deadly plague are missing in N.J.

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

NEWARK, N.J. - Authorities are searching for three mice infected with

bubonic plague that disappeared from a research laboratory about two

weeks ago.

 

While health experts say the risk to the public is slim to none, the

incident highlights ongoing security failures at the University of

Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

 

The mice went missing from the lab of the Public Health Research

Institute, which is located on the UMDNJ campus and conducts

bioterrorism research for the federal government.

 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FBI are

investigating, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported in Thursday's

newspapers. The rodents may have been eaten by other laboratory

animals, although the possibility that they have been stolen has

prompted the institute to interrogate two dozen of its employees and

conduct some lie detector tests, the newspaper said. UMDNJ did not

immediately return a call seeking comment Thursday morning.

 

If the mice got outside the lab, New Jersey Health Commissioner Fred

Jacobs said they would have already died from the disease. Federal

official said the mice may never be accounted for.

 

Originally published on September 15, 2005