Posted: Mar 24, 2013 1:31 PM EDT Updated: Mar 24, 2013 1:31 PM EDT
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Officials say a vial containing a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever has gone missing from a research facility in Galveston, but say there's no reason to believe there's a threat to the public.
The University of Texas Medical Branch said Saturday that there was no breach in the security its Galveston National Laboratory and no indication of wrongdoing. Officials suspect the missing vial containing the Guanarito virus was destroyed during the lab's cleaning process but the investigation continues.
The medical branch says the virus, native to Venezuela, is transmitted only through contact with Venezuelan rats. It is not believed to be able to survive in U.S. rodents or to be transmitted person-to-person.
ZitatOfficials say a vial containing a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever has gone missing from a research facility in Galveston, but say there's no reason to believe there's a threat to the public.
Quote: Justme wrote in post #3The high degree of lethality of Guanarito has prompted the U.S. Government to place this virus on a list of potential bioterrorist threats CLICK
Mmm Hmm.
Stolen by terrorists was the first thing that came to my mind.
RIGHT'S RIGHT 
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