Establishing protocols for tick containment at Biosafety Level 4

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 280-283

  Thangamani, Saravanan ^a,b   Bente, Dennis ^a,b  

^a Galveston National Laboratory   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biosafety; Biosafety level 4; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY LEVEL 4 VIRUS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTAINER; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DEVICE; LABORATORY TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84904251670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12187     Document Type: Article

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