Emergency Response for a Laboratory Biosafety Incident / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
; (12): 231-233, 2019.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-773412
Responsible library:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
On December 14, 2017, a faculty member of a university in Hunan Province reported that an anthrax vaccine strain might have recovered virulence during an undergraduate experiment and potential exposure could not be ruled out for the students involved. Upon receiving the case report, the CDC, health bureaus, and local governments at the county, prefectural, and provincial levels promptly organized experts in different fields (including epidemiologists, biosafety experts, and laboratory testing experts) for case investigation, evaluation, and response. As the investigation results showed, no virulence recovery was identified in the involved anthrax vaccine strain; and no contamination of Bacillus anthracis was detected at the involved areas. Thus, the university returned to normal functioning.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3D Strengthen the capacity for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks
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Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Biological Hazards
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Neglected Diseases
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Zoonoses
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Bacillus anthracis
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Virulence
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China
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Containment of Biohazards
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Anthrax Vaccines
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Laboratories
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article