Ebola lab work
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Before the virologist Lisa Oestereich enters the new high-security lab, she puts on a protective suit. Soon she will be conducting research in the airtight space to GM Lassa, Marburg, Ebola, and Crimean-Congo virus. | © Christian Charisius / dpa
Funny it looks when the virologist Lisa Oestereich attracts her work clothes: The inflated suit reminds us of the Michelin Man, it must additionally boots, head protection, and several pairs of gloves. But the precautions are not exaggerated. For the virologist working in new high-security laboratoryof Hamburg Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine. Here she and her colleagues are now exploring some of the world's most dangerous viruses: Lassa, Ebola, Marburg and Crimean-Congo virus. http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2013-01/fs-labor-bni?
