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• A PATHOGEN THAT USUALLY CAUSES SERIOUS HUMAN OR ANIMAL DISEASE AND THAT CAN BE
READILY TRANSMITTED FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.
• EFFECTIVE TREATMENT AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES ARE NOT USUALLY AVAILABLE.
• SOME OF THE EXAMPLES ARE : -
▪ KOREAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
▪ OMSK HEMORRHAGIC FEVER AND
▪ CENTRAL EUROPEAN ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES
CONTAINMENT
• THE TERM CONTAINMENT IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE SAFE WORK PRACTICES IN HANDLING
INFECTIOUS AGENTS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO LABORATORY PERSONNEL AND OTHERS.
• TYPES OF CONTAINMENT : -
▪ BIOLOGICAL CONTAINMENT
▪ PHYSICAL CONTAINMENT
BIOSAFETY LEVELS
• SUITABLE FOR TEACHING LABORATORIES AND FOR FACILITIES IN WHICH WORK IS DONE WITH
DEFINED AND CHARACTERISED STRAINS OF AGENTS NOT KNOWN TO CAUSE ANY DISEASE.
• AT THIS LEVEL, PRECAUTIONS ARE LIMITED RELATIVE TO OTHER LEVELS.
• THIS LEVEL OF BIOSAFETY IS APPROPRIATE FOR WORK WITH SEVERAL KINDS OF
MICROORGANISMS INCLUDING NON-PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI, BACILLUS
SUBTILIS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE AND OTHER ORGANISMS NOT SUSPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE
TO HUMAN DISEASE.
• DUE TO THE RELATIVE EASE AND SAFETY OF MAINTAINING A BSL-1 LABORATORY, THESE ARE THE
TYPES OF LABORATORIES GENERALLY USED AS TEACHING SPACES FOR HIGH
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
BSL II
• SUITABLE FOR WORK INVOLVING AGENTS OF MODERATE POTENTIAL HAZARD TO PERSONNEL
AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
• BSL II IS APPROPRIATE WHEN WORK IS DONE WITH ANY HUMAN DERIVED BLOOD, BODY
FLUIDS, TISSUES, OR PRIMARY HUMAN CELL LINES, IN WHICH PRESENCE OF AN INFECTIOUS
AGENT MAY BE UNKNOWN.
• THIS INCLUDES VARIOUS MICROBES THAT CAUSE MILD DISEASE TO HUMANS, OR ARE DIFFICULT
TO CONTRACT VIA AEROSOL IN A LAB SETTING. EXAMPLES INCLUDE HEPATITIS A, B,
AND C VIRUSES, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV), PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA
COLI, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, SALMONELLA, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM,
AND TOXOPLASMA GONDII.
BSL III
• APPROPRIATE FOR WORK INVOLVING MICROBES WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS AND
POTENTIALLY LETHAL DISEASE VIA THE INHALATION ROUTE.
• COMMONLY USED FOR RESEARCH AND DIAGNOSTIC WORK INVOLVING VARIOUS MICROBES
WHICH CAN BE TRANSMITTED BY AEROSOLS AND/OR CAUSE SEVERE DISEASE.
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE SARS, SALMONELLA TYPHII, CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI AND OTHER
MICROORGANISMS.
BSL IV
• NASA RESEARCH.
• SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS.
• ALIEN MICROBES WHOSE WORKING/PROCESS UNKNOWN.
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