Laboratory safety practices associated with potential agents of biocrime or bioterrorism

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2801-2809

  Sewell, David L ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TOXOID;

ALPHA VIRUS; ANTHRAX; ARENAVIRUS; ARMY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BOTULISM; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; BUNYAVIRUS; BURKHOLDERIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENVIRONMENT; FILOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY INFECTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MELIOIDOSIS; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TULAREMIA; TYPHUS; VIRUS INFECTION; WORK; YELLOW FEVER; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTERRORISM; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MICROBIOLOGY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANTHRAX; ARENAVIRUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BURKHOLDERIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COXIELLA BURNETII; EQUUS CABALLUS; FLAVIVIRUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MARBURG-LIKE VIRUSES; NIPAH VIRUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; STREPTOCOCCUS; VARIOLA VIRUS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0038491205     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.2801-2809.2003     Document Type: Short Survey

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