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ABSL-4 Aerobiology Biosafety and Technology at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick
The overall threat of a viral pathogen to human populations is largely determined by the modus operandi and velocity of the pathogen that is transmitted among humans. Microorganisms that can spread by aerosol are considered a more challenging enemy than those that require direct body-to-body contact...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24402304 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v6010137 |
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author | Lackemeyer, Matthew G. de Kok-Mercado, Fabian Wada, Jiro Bollinger, Laura Kindrachuk, Jason Wahl-Jensen, Victoria Kuhn, Jens H. Jahrling, Peter B. |
author_facet | Lackemeyer, Matthew G. de Kok-Mercado, Fabian Wada, Jiro Bollinger, Laura Kindrachuk, Jason Wahl-Jensen, Victoria Kuhn, Jens H. Jahrling, Peter B. |
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description | The overall threat of a viral pathogen to human populations is largely determined by the modus operandi and velocity of the pathogen that is transmitted among humans. Microorganisms that can spread by aerosol are considered a more challenging enemy than those that require direct body-to-body contact for transmission, due to the potential for infection of numerous people rather than a single individual. Additionally, disease containment is much more difficult to achieve for aerosolized viral pathogens than for pathogens that spread solely via direct person-to-person contact. Thus, aerobiology has become an increasingly necessary component for studying viral pathogens that are naturally or intentionally transmitted by aerosol. The goal of studying aerosol viral pathogens is to improve public health preparedness and medical countermeasure development. Here, we provide a brief overview of the animal biosafety level 4 Aerobiology Core at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA. |
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spelling | pubmed-39174352014-02-07 ABSL-4 Aerobiology Biosafety and Technology at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick Lackemeyer, Matthew G. de Kok-Mercado, Fabian Wada, Jiro Bollinger, Laura Kindrachuk, Jason Wahl-Jensen, Victoria Kuhn, Jens H. Jahrling, Peter B. Viruses Article The overall threat of a viral pathogen to human populations is largely determined by the modus operandi and velocity of the pathogen that is transmitted among humans. Microorganisms that can spread by aerosol are considered a more challenging enemy than those that require direct body-to-body contact for transmission, due to the potential for infection of numerous people rather than a single individual. Additionally, disease containment is much more difficult to achieve for aerosolized viral pathogens than for pathogens that spread solely via direct person-to-person contact. Thus, aerobiology has become an increasingly necessary component for studying viral pathogens that are naturally or intentionally transmitted by aerosol. The goal of studying aerosol viral pathogens is to improve public health preparedness and medical countermeasure development. Here, we provide a brief overview of the animal biosafety level 4 Aerobiology Core at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA. MDPI 2014-01-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3917435/ /pubmed/24402304 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v6010137 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lackemeyer, Matthew G. de Kok-Mercado, Fabian Wada, Jiro Bollinger, Laura Kindrachuk, Jason Wahl-Jensen, Victoria Kuhn, Jens H. Jahrling, Peter B. ABSL-4 Aerobiology Biosafety and Technology at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick |
title | ABSL-4 Aerobiology Biosafety and Technology at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick |
title_full | ABSL-4 Aerobiology Biosafety and Technology at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick |
title_fullStr | ABSL-4 Aerobiology Biosafety and Technology at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick |
title_full_unstemmed | ABSL-4 Aerobiology Biosafety and Technology at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick |
title_short | ABSL-4 Aerobiology Biosafety and Technology at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick |
title_sort | absl-4 aerobiology biosafety and technology at the nih/niaid integrated research facility at fort detrick |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24402304 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v6010137 |
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