Biosafety considerations in handling medically important fungi

Medical Mycology, Supplement

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 258-265

  Padhye, A A ^a   Bennett, J E ^b   McGinnis, M R ^c   Sigler, L ^d   Flis, A ^d   Salkin, I F ^e  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosafety principles; Fungal waste disposal; Mailing of pathogenic fungi; Medically important fungi

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNGUS; LABORATORY; MYCOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; FUNGI; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY INFECTION; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES;

EID: 0032317293     PISSN: 09668454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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