EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF A LABORATORY INFECTION WITH THE VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS,

Abstract

The results of an accident which caused the sickness of more than twenty laboratory workers was investigated. As a result of the carelessness of a laboratory worker, nine ampoules containing 0.5 milliliter each of a five-per cent brain suspension from mice infected with the Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus were broken.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0673305

Entities

People

  • A. N. Slepushkin

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Arbovirus Infections
  • Bacterial Infections And Mycoses
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Infection
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
  • Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
  • Viruses
  • Wound Infections

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  • Virology (or Medical Virology).