Managing Potential Laboratory Exposure to Ebola Virus by Using a Patient Biocontainment Care Unit

Managing Potential Laboratory Exposure to Ebola Virus by Using a Patient Biocontainment Care Unit

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 me...

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Main Authors: Mark G. Kortepeter, James W. Martin, Janice M. Rusnak, Theodore J. Cieslak, Kelly L. Warfield, Edwin L. Anderson, Manmohan V. Ranadive
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Ebola virus
Marburg virus
viral hemorrhagic fever
filovirus
biocontainment
quarantine
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/6/07-1489_article

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