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Dedication |
Editors |
Preface |
| SECTION I |
Introduction |
| SECTION II |
Principles of Biosafety |
| SECTION III |
Laboratory Biosafety Level Criteria |
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| SECTION IV |
Vertebrate Animal Biosafety Level
Criteria |
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| Table 1. Summary of
Recommended Biosafety Levels for Activities in Which Experimentally or Naturally Infected
Vertebrate Animals Are Used |
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| SECTION
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Risk Assessment |
| SECTION
VI |
Recommended Biosafety Levels for
Infectious Agents and Infected Animals |
| SECTION VII |
Agents for which Summary Statements are included |
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| VII-A: |
Bacterial Agents B and C; Agents E through R; Agents S through Y |
| VII-B: |
Fungal Agents |
| VII-C: |
Parasitic Agents |
| VII-D: |
Prions |
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| VII-E |
Rickettsial Agents |
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Viral Agents (other than arboviruses) |
| VII-G:
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Arboviruses and Related
Zoonotic Viruses/Arboviruses assigned to Biosafety Level 2 |
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Table 1. | Arboviruses and
Arenaviruses Assigned to Biosafety Level 2 |
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Table 2. | Vaccine Strains of
BSL-3/4 Viruses Which May Be Handled at Biosafety Level-2 |
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Arboviruses and Arenaviruses
Assigned to Biosafety Level 3 |
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| Table 3. |
Arboviruses and Certain
Other Viruses Assigned to Biosafety Level 3 (on the basis of insufficient experience) |
| Table 4. |
Arboviruses and Certain
Other Viruses Assigned to Biosafety Level 3 |
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Arboviruses, Arenaviruses, and
Filoviruses Assigned to Biosafety Level 4 |
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| Table 5. |
Arboviruses, Arenaviruses and Filoviruses Assigned to Biosafety Level 4 |
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Arbovirus References
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| APPENDIX A |
Primary Containment: Biological
Safety Cabinets
Positive-Pressure
Personnel Suit |
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| Table 1. |
Comparison of Biological Safety Cabinets |
| Figure 1. |
Class I Biological Safety Cabinet |
| Figure 2a. |
Class II, Type A
Biological Safety Cabinet |
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Class II, Type B1
Biological Safety Cabinet |
| Figure 2c. |
Class II, Type B2
Biological Safety Cabinet |
| Figure 2d. |
Table-top Model |
| Figure 3. |
Class III Biological
Safety Cabinet |
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APPENDIX B |
Immunoprophylaxis |
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APPENDIX C |
Transportation and Transfer of
Biological Agents |
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Figure 1. Packing and Labeling of
Infectious Substances |
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Figure 2. Packing and Labeling of
Clinical Specimens |
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APPENDIX D |
Restricted Animal Pathogens |
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APPENDIX E |
Resources for Information |
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APPENDIX F |
Laboratory Security and Emergency
Response for Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories |
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APPENDIX G |
Integrated Pest Management |
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APPENDIX H |
Working With Human and Other Primate
Cells and Tissues |
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APPENDIX I |
Guidelines for Work With Toxins of
Biological Origin
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