2nd Monkey Virus Exposure Is Feared
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Three weeks after a researcher died of a herpes B virus contracted when a monkey splashed fluid in her eye, a co-worker may have been exposed in the same way, even though she was wearing goggles. The unidentified researcher at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center was released from a hospital after tests. “Her physicians have found no evidence of herpes B infection,” said Sylvia Wroble, an Emory spokeswoman.
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