I hope they doublely checked
Air-quality test finds rare bacteria
10/18/2006
A routine test of air quality near Busch Stadium on Monday turned up traces of a rare and potentially fatal bacteria that federal officials have warned could be used by terrorists as a biological weapon.
However, follow-up tests on Tuesday found no evidence of the bacteria, tularemia, which also is called rabbit fever.
The bacteria is found naturally in Missouri, and 27 people are believed to have contracted it in the state last year, said Dr. William Kincaid, the St. Louis health director, in a prepared statement. He said the city's sensor picked up naturally occurring tularemia.
In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drew up a list of the most dangerous potential bioweapons. Tularemia was grouped with smallpox, plague and other diseases as "agents of highest concern." The bacteria can cause lethal pneumonia or meningitis.
Air-quality test finds rare bacteria
10/18/2006
A routine test of air quality near Busch Stadium on Monday turned up traces of a rare and potentially fatal bacteria that federal officials have warned could be used by terrorists as a biological weapon.
However, follow-up tests on Tuesday found no evidence of the bacteria, tularemia, which also is called rabbit fever.
The bacteria is found naturally in Missouri, and 27 people are believed to have contracted it in the state last year, said Dr. William Kincaid, the St. Louis health director, in a prepared statement. He said the city's sensor picked up naturally occurring tularemia.
In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drew up a list of the most dangerous potential bioweapons. Tularemia was grouped with smallpox, plague and other diseases as "agents of highest concern." The bacteria can cause lethal pneumonia or meningitis.
