Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Monkeys Are Killed in Ebola Virus Scare
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Public health officials discounted any threat to humans as they euthanized 48 monkeys to contain an outbreak of the Ebola virus. One monkey had already died and another had been euthanized at the Texas Primate Center in Alice, which breeds primates for medical research. A third monkey diagnosed with the virus was being killed along with 47 others.
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