Ocular Vaccinia Infection in Laboratory Worker, Philadelphia, 2004

We report a case of ocular vaccinia infection in an unvaccinated laboratory worker. The patient was infected by a unique strain used in an experiment performed partly outside a biosafety cabinet. Vaccination should continue to be recommended, but laboratories with unvaccinated workers should also im...

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Autores principales: Lewis, Felicia M.T., Chernak, Esther, Goldman, Erinn, Li, Yu, Karem, Kevin, Damon, Inger K., Henkel, Richard, Newbern, E. Claire, Ross, Patrina, Johnson, Caroline C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16494730
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1201.051126
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author Lewis, Felicia M.T.
Chernak, Esther
Goldman, Erinn
Li, Yu
Karem, Kevin
Damon, Inger K.
Henkel, Richard
Newbern, E. Claire
Ross, Patrina
Johnson, Caroline C.
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Chernak, Esther
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description We report a case of ocular vaccinia infection in an unvaccinated laboratory worker. The patient was infected by a unique strain used in an experiment performed partly outside a biosafety cabinet. Vaccination should continue to be recommended, but laboratories with unvaccinated workers should also implement more stringent biosafety practices.
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spelling pubmed-32914062012-03-05 Ocular Vaccinia Infection in Laboratory Worker, Philadelphia, 2004 Lewis, Felicia M.T. Chernak, Esther Goldman, Erinn Li, Yu Karem, Kevin Damon, Inger K. Henkel, Richard Newbern, E. Claire Ross, Patrina Johnson, Caroline C. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a case of ocular vaccinia infection in an unvaccinated laboratory worker. The patient was infected by a unique strain used in an experiment performed partly outside a biosafety cabinet. Vaccination should continue to be recommended, but laboratories with unvaccinated workers should also implement more stringent biosafety practices. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3291406/ /pubmed/16494730 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1201.051126 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Ross, Patrina
Johnson, Caroline C.
Ocular Vaccinia Infection in Laboratory Worker, Philadelphia, 2004
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