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Laboratory Leaks: How a Single Incident Can Impact Thousands - News Directory 3

Laboratory Leaks: How a Single Incident Can Impact Thousands

January 13, 2026 Jennifer Chen Health
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At a glance
  • Laboratory leaks have once⁢ again become a hot topic with the recent Pluribus series.
  • Speaking to El Pais, Spanish virologist Xavier ⁤Abad began his discussion of laboratory leaks by giving the example of the Covid-19 virus.
  • Abad also recalled that Spanish security forces⁤ recently conducted an audit at the research center on suspicion of a⁣ leak of⁤ the African swine fever virus, searching for...
Original source: hurriyet.com.tr

Laboratory leaks have once⁢ again become a hot topic with the recent Pluribus series. However, when we talk about laboratory leaks, many of us immediately‍ think of the Covid-19 pandemic.Because during that time,the issue of the pandemic originating from a laboratory in ⁣Wuhan was⁢ discussed for days.

Speaking to El Pais, Spanish virologist Xavier ⁤Abad began his discussion of laboratory leaks by giving the example of the Covid-19 virus. ⁤abad, head ‍of the biological control ⁣unit of the Animal Health Center (CReSA) in Barcelona, said, “The possibility of the SARS-Cov-2 virus leaking from the laboratory is not very⁢ likely, is it? But it is quite possible.”

Abad also recalled that Spanish security forces⁤ recently conducted an audit at the research center on suspicion of a⁣ leak of⁤ the African swine fever virus, searching for various evidence. “I have read a lot about incidents and accidents in laboratories.‍ More than ⁢100 incidents ‍have been recorded worldwide, and these are only the visible‍ part of what actually happened,” he said.

All assumptions are still on the table in the event of a leak of African swine fever, but ⁤the focus is currently on CReSA.

CReSA is⁣ a center located on the Bellaterra campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ⁤housing perilous pathogens. The reason the laboratory was involved in the investigation is as a wild boar near the facility was infected with a strain similar to the one found there last November. This laboratory,⁣ which‍ did not have a double-wall application, was undergoing renovation at the time and experiments on the African swine fever virus were being conducted at the facility.

IF ⁢IT DOESN’T SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR, HOW DID IT LEAK?

Many experts believe that the African swine fever virus does not spread through the air. Therefore,

Ölçümü yapmak zor çünkü sistematik⁣ bir raporlama sistemi yok” ifadesine yer verdi.

Araştırmacıların açıklanan vakalar üzerinden yaptıkları⁢ tespite göre, 1980 ile 2015 yılları⁤ arasında laboratuvarda çalışan 220 kişiye aşırı tehlikeli patojenler bulaştı.

Araştırmanın yazarları arasında, CReSA’da görev alan virolog Nuria Busquets de vardı. Busquets’in CReSA’daki arkadaşları,‍ 2007’de İngiltere’nin Pirbright ‍kasabasında yaşanan olay⁢ gibi canlı hayvanları da etkileyen‍ sızıntılar olduğuna vurgu yaptı. Bahse konu olayda, kasabadaki BSL3 seviyesindeki laboratuvarın tesisat sistemindeki⁣ iki hasarlı borudan, şap hastalığı virüsü yayılmış, bölgede ⁣faaliyet‍ gösteren inşaat kamyonları da ‍patojenlerin çevredeki çiftliklere yayılmasına neden⁣ olmuş ve bu olaydan ⁣dolayı milyonlarca euro kayıp yaşanmıştı.

O nedenle şimdi gözler CReSa’da yaşandığı düşünülen son sızıntıya dönmüş durumda. Çünkü tesiste son aylarda yapılan⁢ genişletme ‍çalışmalarından ötürü çok ⁢sayıda kamyon enstitüye girip çıktı. cresa ise herhangi bir biyogüvenlik ihlali yaşanmadığı konusunda ısrarcı.

YÜKSEK GÜVENLİKLİLERDE BİLE‍ OLUYOR

Harvard Üniversitesi’nde Bulaşıcı ⁢hastalık dinamikleri Merkezi Başkanı epidemiyolog Marc Lipsitch, İspanya’daki Afrika domuz gribi vakasını spesifik olarak yorumlamaktan kaçındı ancak diğer vakalara ilişkin olarak, “Bulaşıcı mikroplar aşırı güvenlikli laboratuvarlardan kaçtı, hatta bunlar arasında BSL3’ün üzerindeki laboratuvarlar bile vardı” değerlendirmesinde⁤ bulundu.Lipsitch, bu⁢ kapsamda 2014’ten ⁢bu yana yaşanan 3 örneği⁤ sıraladı:

  • Atlanta’da 4’üncü seviye⁣ laboratuvarda flakonların ⁤karıştırılması neticesinde ⁤Ebola virüsü örneklerinin yayılması kazası;
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