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Nature 423, 693 (12 June 2003) | doi:10.1038/423693a

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It is reported that a young Austrian doctor named Sachs has fallen a victim to his scientific zeal having accidentally inoculated himself with plague, from the effects of which he died after a short illness. Such regrettable incidents will occur while scientific research is pursued, and cannot be avoided even by the greatest foresight.