MASSACHUSETTS: CSI: Listeria - (Telegram)
February 17, 2008 – 6:41 pmThe recent listeria outbreak linked to three deaths and one miscarriage could have, according to this story, gone on indefinitely without the detectives at the states public health laboratory, who tracked down, fingerprinted, identified and photographed the dangerous strain of bacteria, and then posted the prints in a national computer database to safeguard others.
The story says that State epidemiologists used modern technology to identify the bacteria obtained from a bottle of pasteurized milk as the same strain of listeria involved in the outbreak.
The scientific investigations took place at the eight-story State Laboratory Institute in Jamaica Plain. Built more than a century ago, the lab is the second oldest public health lab in the country. Its mission includes public health testing, conducting rapid investigations of infectious and environmental disease outbreaks, sharing laboratory data to diagnose and prevent disease, and responding 24-7 to biological or chemical terrorism threats or incidents.
Public health officials […]
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