article_snippet: An employee at the Tulane National Primate Research Center has tested positive for the bacterium, which is kept at the facility.
article_snippet: An employee at the center is not sick, and Jason McDonald, a The CDC spokesman, said the bacteria probably aren't a threat to the general population.
article_snippet: the bacterium, which is kept at the facility, was being tested on mice in a biosafety level 3 lab at the Covington, Louisiana campus.
article_snippet: All research with the agent at the facility was suspended on February 11 and will remain suspended until All research with the agent at the facility can be shown that there are no more risks and that proper procedures are being followed, The CDC The CDC said.
article_snippet: The CDC says the facility can resume All research with the agent at the facility when Tulane officials show inspectors that: .
article_snippet: The CDC and U.S. Department of Agriculture say The CDC and U.S. Department of Agriculture have completed The CDC and U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation, which began in November when two monkeys were diagnosed with Whitmore's disease.
article_snippet: Six others had antibodies indicating exposure to the bacterium.
highlights_snippet: The CDC says the bacteria probably aren't a threat to the general population .