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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis in a hamster colony causes infection of hospital personnel.
- Source :
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Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 1974 Sep 27; Vol. 185 (4157), pp. 1173-4. - Publication Year :
- 1974
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Abstract
- A series of febrile illnesses, some severe, among hospital personnel was traced to an outbreak of lymphocytic choriomeningitis in a hospital research colony of Syrian hamsters. By rapid virus isolation and identification techniques, a definitive diagnosis was made 5 days after specimens were received. This outbreak emphasizes the dangers of working with experimental hamsters and tumor cell lines passaged in them.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Communicable Disease Control
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus isolation & purification
Neoplasms, Experimental microbiology
Animals, Laboratory
Cricetinae
Laboratory Infection transmission
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis transmission
Personnel, Hospital
Rodent Diseases transmission
Zoonoses
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0036-8075
- Volume :
- 185
- Issue :
- 4157
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Science (New York, N.Y.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4414535
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.185.4157.1173