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Contained Use of GMOs and pathogens
Laboratory-acquired Infections : References
(Author: P. Herman) (Last revised: January 24, 2012 )

From 2000 to more recently reported Laboratory-Acquired Infections or related studies

Fiori PL, Mastrandrea S, Rappelli P, Cappuccinelli P. Brucella abortus infection acquired in microbiology laboratories. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38(5): 2005-2006.
Boutet R, Stuart JM, Kaczmarski EB, Gray SJ, Jones DM, Andrews N. Risk of laboratory-acquired meningococcal disease. J Hosp Infect. 2001; 49(4): 282-284.
Laboratory-acquired meningococcal disease. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. February 22, 2002 (link)

Shapiro DS, Schwartz DR. Exposure of laboratory workers to Francisella tularensis despite a bioterrorism procedure. J Clin Microbiol. 2002; 40(6):2278-2281.

Suspected Cutaneous Anthrax in a Laboratory Worker (Texas), Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. April 5, 2002 (link)

Laboratory-Acquired West Nile Virus Infections (USA), Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. December 20, 2002 (link)

Gosbell IB, Mercer JL, Neville SA. Laboratory-acquired EMRSA-15 infection. J Hosp. Infection. 2003; 54: 324-325.

Moussatché N, Tuyama M, Kato SE, Castro AP, Njaine B, Peralta RH, Peralta JM, Damaso CR, Barroso PF. Accidental infection of laboratory worker with vaccinia virus. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2003; 9(6): 724-726

Laboratory-Acquired vaccinia infection. Public Health Agency of Canada, August 1, 2003 (link)

Mempel M, Isa G, Klugbauer N, Meyer H, Wildi G, Ring J, Hofmann F, Hofmann H. Laboratory acquired infection with recombinant vaccinia virus containing an immunomodulating construct. J Invest Dermatol. 2003; 120(3):356-358.

Reis RK and Canini SR. Accidents with biological material among undergraduate nursing students in public Brazilian university. Braz J Inf Dis. 2004; 8: 18-24 (link).

Noviello S, Gallo R, Kelly M, Limberger RJ, DeAngelis K, Cain L, Wallace B, Dumas L. Laboratory-Acquired Brucellosis. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2004; 10:1848-1850

Christen G, Tagan D. Laboratory-acquired Neisseria meningitidis infection (case report in french). Med Mal Infect. 2004; 34 (3): 137-138.

Ebola virus , Lab Accident Death - Russia (Promedmail - report1 - report2 - report3 - report4): May 22, 2004.

Suganan AP, Natarajaseenivasan K, Vijayachari P, Sehgal SC. Percutaneous exposure resulting in laboratory-acquired leptospirosis - a case report. J Med Microbiol. 2004; 53: 1259-1262. (link).

Wlodaver CG, Palumbo GJ, Waner JL. Laboratory-acquired vaccinia infection. J. Clin. Virol. 2004; 29 (3): 167-170.

SARS. Lim PL, Kurup A, Gopalakrishna G et al., Laboratory-acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2004; 350: 1740-1745.

Tularemia Laboratory-Acquired (Promedmail - report1 - report2 - report3): January 19 - 26, 2005.

Brutus JP, Lamraski G, Zirak C, Hauzeur JP, Thys JP, Schuind F. Septic monoarthritis of the first carpo-metacarpal joint caused by Mycobacterium kansasii. Chir Main. 2005; 24: 52-54. (Report of an acquired infection due to M. kansasii in a healthy laboratory technician).

Barry MA. Report of pneumonic tularemia in three Boston university researchers. Communicable Disease Control, Boston Public Health Commission. March 28, 2005 (link to pdf report)

Bouza E, Sanchez-Carrillo C, Hernangomez S, Gonzalez MJ. The spanish co-operative group for the study of laboratory-acquired brucellosis. Laboratory-acquired brucellosis: a spanish national survey. J Hosp Infect 2005; 61: 80-83.

Weigler BJ, Di Giacomo RF, Alexander F. A national survey of laboratory animal workers concerning accupationnal risks for zoonotic diseases. Comp Med 2005 Apr; 55(2): 183-191.

The Sunshine Project, News release: Faulty aerosol chamber infects three. 18 April 2005 (link). Three reported laboratory-acquired tuberculosis infections (work with aerosol chamber).

Spina N, Zansky S, Dumas N, Kondracki S. Four laboratory-associated cases of infection with Escherichia coli O157:H7. J Clin Microbiol 2005 June;43(6): 2938-2939.

Sejvar JJ, Johnson D, Popovic T, Miller JM, Downes F, Somsel P, Weyant R, Stephens DS, Perkins BA, Rosenstein NE. Assessing the risk of laboratory-acquired meningococcal disease. J Clin Microbiol 2005 Sep; 43(9): 4811-4814.

Lewis FMT, Chernak E, Goldman E, Li Y, Karem K, Damon IK, Henkel R, Newbern EC, Ross P, Johnson CC. Ocular Vaccinia Infection in Laboratory Worker, Philadelphia 2004. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2006; 12: 134-137 (link).
Wagenvoort JHT, De Brauwer EIGB, Gronenschild JMH, Toenbreker HMJ, Bonnemayers GPM, Bilkert-Mooiman MAJ. Laboratory-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in two microbiology laboratory technicians. Eur J Clin Microbiol & Infectious Diseases 2006; July 25(7) : 470-472.

De Schrijver K, Lemmens A, Bertrand S, Collard JM, Eilers K. Een laboratoriuminfectie met Shigella sonnei gevolgd door een cluster van secundaire infecties. Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 2007; 63 (14-15): 686-690. Available in Dutch only. (Abstract in English: Outbreak of Shigella sonnei in a clinical microbiology laboratory with secondary infections in the community).

Athlin S, Vikerfors T, Fredlund H, Olcén P. Atypical clinical presentation of laboratory-acquired meningococcal disease. Scand J Inf Dis. 2007; 29: 911-921.

Kessler AT, Stephens DS, Somani J. Laboratory-acquired serogroup A meningococcal meningitis. J Occup Health 2007; 49: 399-401.

Salmonella Serotype Enteritidis Infections Among Workers Producing Poultry Vaccine, Maine. November - December 2006. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. August 31, 2007, 56(34);877-879 (link).

Laboratory-Acquired Brucellosis. In 2006, two cases of brucellosis in microbiologists at two clinical laboratories were reported to state health departments in Indiana and Minnesota. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. January 18, 2008 (link).

Laboratory-Acquired Vaccinia Exposures and Infections, United States, 2005 - 2007. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. April 18, 2008 (link).

Peacock SJ, Schweizer HP, Dance DAB, Smith TL, Gee JE, Wuthiekunan V, et al. Management of accidental laboratory exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei. Emerg Infect Dis. Jul 2008 (link).

Bouza E, Martin A, Van den Berg R, J. Kuijper EJ. Laboratory-acquired Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction ribotype 027: a new risk for laboratory workers? Clin Infect Dis 2008; 47 (11) 1493-94.

Demirdal T, Demirturk N. Laboratory-acquired brucellosis. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2008; 37 (1): 86-87.

Van Droogenbroeck C, Beeckman DS, Verminnen K, Marien M, Nauwynck H, Boesinghe Lde T, Vanrompay D. Simultaneous zoonotic transmission of Chlamydophila psittaci genotypes D, F and E/B to a veterinary scientist. Vet Microbiol. 2009; 135 (1-2): 78-81.

Needle Stick Injury, Ebola virus, one case in Germany. Promedmail - report1 - report2 - report3: March 17, 2009.

Venter M, Burt FJ, Blumberg L, Fickl H, Paweska J, Swanepoel, R. Cytokine induction after laboratory-acquired West Nile virus infection. N Engl J Med 2009; 360 (12): 1260-2.

Laboratory-Acquired Vaccinia Virus Infection, United States (Virginia), 2008. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. July 31, 2009 (link).

Huhulescu S, Leither E, Feierl G, Allerberger F. Laboratory-acquired Vibrio cholerae O1 infection in Austria, 2008. Clin Microbiol Infect 2009, Sept 3.

Tularemia, Laboratory-acquired - USA Maryland. Reported in "Science Insider", American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 4, 2009 (link).

Venter M, Steyl J, Human S, Weyer J, Zaayman D, Blumberg L, et al. Transmission of West Nile virus during horse autopsy [letter]. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2010 (link).

Wünschel M, Olszowsli AM, Weissgerber P, Wülker N, Kluba T. Chronic brucellosis: A rare cause of septic loosening of arthroplasties with high risk of laboratory-acquired infections. Z Orthop Unfall 2010; April 23

Eales KM, Norton RE, Keltheesan N. Brucellosis in Northern Australia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010; 83 (4): 876-878. One laboratory-acquired case reported in the paper.

Cowpox, Laboratory infection. One reported case in USA (Georgia). Promedmail report: February 9, 2011.

Fatal Laboratory-Acquired Infection with an Attenuated Yersinia pestis Strain. USA (Chicago, Illinois), 2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. February 25, 2011 (link).

Pedrosa PBS, Cardoso TAO. Viral infections in workers in hospital and research laboratory settings: a comparative review of infection modes and respective biosafety aspects. Int J Infect Dis. 2011, in press, doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.03.005.

Günther S, Feldmann H, Geisbert T.W., et al. Management of Accidental Exposure to Ebola Virus in the Biosafety Level 4 Laboratory, Hamburg,Germany. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2011; 204 (Suppl 3): 785-790.

Laboratory exposure - Bacillus cereus - USA. Promedmail report: September 14, 2011.

Britton S, van den Hurk AF, Simmons, RJ et al. Laboratory-acquired Dengue virus infection - A case report. PLoS Negelcted Tropical Diseases. 2011; 5 (11): e1324.

Investigation update: Human Salmonella Typhimurium infections associated with exposure to clinical and teaching microbiology laboratories. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. January 17, 2012 (link).

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