Anatomy of an exposure: a hospital lab's recovery of Brucella melitensis.

What happens at a biosafety level 2 hospital laboratory when its medical technicians are exposed to a living culture of Brucella species, a biosafety level 3 pathogen? Find out how this lab played a pivotal role in the recognition of this disease.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) Vol. 35; no. 9; pp. 22 - 26
Main Author: Gannon CK
Format: pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Endeavor Business Media Sep2003
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:What happens at a biosafety level 2 hospital laboratory when its medical technicians are exposed to a living culture of Brucella species, a biosafety level 3 pathogen? Find out how this lab played a pivotal role in the recognition of this disease.