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ID (ISN) del documento48518
Número CIS 87-1500
ISSN - Título de la serie 0002-8894 - American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Año 1987
Número de serie
Autor(es) Miller C.D., Songer J.R., Sullivan J.F.
Título A twenty-five year review of laboratory-acquired human infections at the National Animal Disease Center
Información bibliográfica Mar. 1987, Vol.48, No.3, p.271-275. 13 ref.
Resumen The Center's experience with personnel exposure or infection with pathogenic agents is summarised. 128 cases of laboratory-associated exposures to infectious disease agents were reported. Of these exposures, 103 resulted from known accidents. The other 25 were identified only after the development of clinical or serological manifestations of infection. Thirty-four cases of laboratory-acquired infections were reviewed. Class 3 organisms - Chalmydia sp., Brucella sp. and Mycobacterium sp. - were responsible for 76% of the infections encountered, with Brucella sp. incriminated most frequently. The most commonly reported cause of exposure was associated with hypodermic syringes. Most infections, however, could not be associated with known routes of exposure, with aerosols being assumed in some of the cases.
Descriptores (primarios) trabajos de laboratorio; enfermedades infecciosas; zoonosis; animales de experimentación
Descriptores (secundarios) enfermedades bacterianas; revisión bibliográfica
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Cemercio, servicios, oficinas
Broad subject area(s) Riesgos biológicos
Navegación por categoria(s) Zoonoses
Animal hazards
Bacterial and parasitic diseases