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    Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jun 1;40(11):1644-8. Epub 2005 Apr 29.

    Destroying the life and career of a valued physician-scientist who tried to protect us from plague: was it really necessary?

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    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA. bem.asst@uth.tmc.edu

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    • Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jul 15;41(2):279.

    Abstract

    Thomas Campbell Butler, at 63 years of age, is completing the first year of a 2-year sentence in federal prison, following an investigation and trial that was initiated after he voluntarily reported that he believed vials containing Yersinia pestis were missing from his laboratory at Texas Tech University. We take this opportunity to remind the infectious diseases community of the plight of our esteemed colleague, whose career and family have, as a result of his efforts to protect us from infection by this organism, paid a price from which they will never recover.

    PMID:
    15889363
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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