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Biosafety and biosecurity requirements for Orientia spp. diagnosis and research: recommendations for risk-based biocontainment, work practices and the case for reclassification to risk group 2

Scrub typhus is an important arthropod-borne disease causing significant acute febrile illness by infection with Orientia spp. Using a risk-based approach, this review examines current practice, the evidence base and regulatory requirements regarding matters of biosafety and biosecurity, and present...

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Main Authors: Blacksell, Stuart D., Robinson, Matthew T., Newton, Paul N., Ruanchaimun, Soiratchaneekorn, Salje, Jeanne, Wangrangsimakul, Tri, Wegner, Matthew D., Abdad, Mohammad Yazid, Bennett, Allan M., Richards, Allen L., Stenos, John, Day, Nicholas P. J.
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6902544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31822267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4653-4