Managing potential laboratory exposure to ebola virus by using a patient biocontainment care unit

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jun;14(6):881-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1406.071489.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Laboratory / virology
  • Containment of Biohazards
  • Ebolavirus*
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / prevention & control
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / therapy*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / virology
  • Humans
  • Laboratory Infection / prevention & control
  • Laboratory Infection / therapy*
  • Laboratory Infection / virology
  • Mice
  • Military Medicine
  • Occupational Exposure*
  • Patient Isolation* / methods
  • United States