Viral infections in workers in hospital and research laboratory settings: A comparative review of infection modes and respective biosafety aspects

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Pedrosa, Pedro B S ^a   Cardoso, Telma A O ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accidental infection; Biosafety; Hospital infection; Research laboratory infection; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; AEROSOL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ARENAVIRUS INFECTION; BASEL NORWALK LIKE VIRUS INFECTION; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD; BOLIVIAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; DENGUE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENCEPHALITIS; EXPOSURE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; INFLUENZA B; INOCULATION; INSECT BITE; KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE; LABORATORY INFECTION; LASSA FEVER; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MACACINE HERPESVIRUS 1; MAYARO VIRUS INFECTION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUCOSA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PIRY VIRUS INFECTION; POXVIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; RHABDOVIRUS INFECTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SABIA VIRUS INFECTION; SALIVA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SKIN; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LABORATORY INFECTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79955972745     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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