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["kathryn wright ", microbiology]

To Tim: 
	To my knowledge, working with Junin virus requires level 3, but 
not level 4 containment. 

To Chuckles:
	The reference cited by S. Godvin (Ullmer et al.) does not show 
that DNA is infectious, but that copies of an influenza gene in a 
bacterial plasmid can be expresssed in a mammalian host.  This is not 
"infection".


To the person who was concerned about the Baltimore strain of hantavirus: 
	This virus was isolated several years ago from rats, and has not 
be strongly associated with any human disease - the virus currently 
called Sin Nombre is a much more virulent virus for humans.