Prevention of B-Virus Infection: 

A Safety Program for Macaque Monkey Handlers

Contents

Introduction

Excerpts from CDC Guidelines

Components of Program

Risk of Infection

Questions & Answers

Protocols and Instructions

Other Sources of Information

 

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This modified image of the herpesvirus (HSV-2) was used with the permission of Linda M. Stannard. Click it to enlarge. To see the original electron micrograph, go to her web site.  B virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1) was the first nonhuman herpesvirus identified.
 

( This site is my interpretation of the CDC Guidelines. Please see the introduction.)


 

Protocols and Instructions

Flowchart of Coordination between Animal Facility, Clinic, ER and Lab

Employee Instructions Following Exposure

Instructions for Medical Evaluation by Clinic & Emergency Dept. Staff

Signs and Symptoms Suggesting Possible Infection with B Virus

Rules to Prevent

Table of Possible Infectious Agents and Their Control

 


 

Other Sources of Information

NIH B Virus Resource Laboratory

Proceedings of the 4th National Symposium on Biosafety

Primate Info Net

Laboratory Primate Newsletter

 


Contact by Phone

Contacts

 


News

MMWR 12/18/98, Report of Fatal B-virus Infection & Worker Protection

Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Primates published in 2003 by the National Academies Press


 

 

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Jay A. Brown, MD, MPH; Last Revised: September 26, 2003