TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing potential laboratory exposure to Ebola virus by using a patient biocontainment care unit
AU - Kortepeter, Mark G.
AU - Martin, James W.
AU - Rusnak, Janice M.
AU - Cieslak, Theodore J.
AU - Warfield, Kelly L.
AU - Anderson, Edwin L.
AU - Ranadive, Manmohan V.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - In 2004, a scientist from the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) was potentially exposed to a mouse-adapted variant of the Zaire species of Ebola virus. The circumstances surrounding the case are presented, in addition to an update on historical admissions to the medical containment suite at USAMRIID. Research facilities contemplating work with pathogens requiring Biosafety Level 4 laboratory precautions should be mindful of the occupational health issues highlighted in this article.
AB - In 2004, a scientist from the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) was potentially exposed to a mouse-adapted variant of the Zaire species of Ebola virus. The circumstances surrounding the case are presented, in addition to an update on historical admissions to the medical containment suite at USAMRIID. Research facilities contemplating work with pathogens requiring Biosafety Level 4 laboratory precautions should be mindful of the occupational health issues highlighted in this article.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=45249089922&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1406.071489
DO - 10.3201/eid1406.071489
M3 - Article
C2 - 18507897
AN - SCOPUS:45249089922
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 14
SP - 881
EP - 887
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 6
ER -