Guidelines for Avian Influenza Viruses: 2018

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 02/28/2018 This 17-page document from the Agricultural Select Agent Services provides updated guidelines to assist individuals and entities develop policies and implement procedures for working safely with avian influenza viruses in the laboratory. Chapters cover Categorizing Influenza A and Nomenclature; Defining Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus; Understanding Influenza A Reassortant Viruses; Regulating; Introduction to Biocontainment Provisions; and Transfer and Permitting of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses and Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - March 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news