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The article presents the case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) in Colorado. MHF is a rare kind of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) caused by an RNA virus in the family Filoviridae. It has been demonstrated that fruit bats serve as the natural reservoir of Marburg virus (MARV). The case of MHF fever in a woman who returned from travel in Uganda is discussed.

Comments on the unintentional exposure of workers to Bacillus anthracis at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute in California. Overview of research being conducted at the laboratory; Importance of the implementation of BSL-2 practices among laboratory personnel who are exposed to infectious cultures; Recommendation on routine anthrax vaccination of persons who work with production quantities or concentrations of B. anthracis cultures.

The article reports on cases of measles transmission in Massachusetts and New York related to international air travel from July to August 2010. It recalls an incident in which a 23-month-old airline passenger from Switzerland who was contagious with measles during the flight is considered to have exposed 31 passengers to the disease. One airline contact, a chaperone for students from Europe and Asia participating in an educational program in the U.S., developed measles and is said to have exposed 270 students and counselors.