Emergency Response for a Laboratory Biosafety Incident.
- Author:
En Min ZHANG
1
;
Jia Qi WANG
2
;
Li Dong GAO
3
;
Zhi Fei ZHAN
3
;
Heng ZHANG
4
;
Yan Hong HU
5
;
Jian Chun WEI
1
;
Xu Dong LIANG
1
;
Kang Lin WAN
1
;
Qiang WEI
2
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Anthrax Vaccines; analysis; Bacillus anthracis; pathogenicity; China; Containment of Biohazards; Humans; Laboratories; statistics & numerical data; Virulence
- From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2019;32(3):231-233
- CountryChina
- Language:English
- Abstract: On December 14, 2017, a faculty member of a university in Hunan Province reported that an anthrax vaccine strain might have recovered virulence during an undergraduate experiment and potential exposure could not be ruled out for the students involved. Upon receiving the case report, the CDC, health bureaus, and local governments at the county, prefectural, and provincial levels promptly organized experts in different fields (including epidemiologists, biosafety experts, and laboratory testing experts) for case investigation, evaluation, and response. As the investigation results showed, no virulence recovery was identified in the involved anthrax vaccine strain; and no contamination of Bacillus anthracis was detected at the involved areas. Thus, the university returned to normal functioning.
