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Article: SCIENTISTS SCRUTINIZE BAFFLING KILLER VIRUS MALAYSIAN CELLS DRAW INTENSE ATLANTA STUDY.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- May 4, 1999
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In a quarantined laboratory, U.S. scientists outfitted in plastic biohazard spacesuits and breathing through air tubes are investigating a killer that has struck on the other side of the world.
The microscopic enemy has killed more than 100 people in Malaysia in seven months, and scientists are baffled about its origin and mode of transmission.
``Every couple of years something like this comes along,'' says Dr. C.J. Peters, head of the special pathogens branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
``We don't know how this stuff spreads, how far it's going to go. We really don't know what's at the end of the tunnel.''
The ...