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Why Japan imported Ebola ahead of the 2020 Olympics

The deadly virus is one of five that have been brought to a secure laboratory.
  1. Mark Zastrow
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Japan is preparing for tens of thousands of international tourists to descend on Tokyo for the Olympic Games next year — and that includes being ready for unwanted biological visitors.

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Nature 574, 306-307 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03103-4

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  • Correction 15 October 2019: An earlier version of this story wrongly stated that the Japanese National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) does not have space for animal studies. In fact, animal studies can be conducted at the NIID.

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