Emerging viruses are viruses whose occurrence has risen within the past twenty years, or whose presence is likely to increase in the near future. Diseases caused by emerging viruses are a major threat to global public health. In spite of greater awareness of safety and containment procedures, the handling of pathogenic viruses remains a likely source of infection, and mortality, among laboratory workers. There is a steady increase in both the number of laboratories and scientist handling emerging viruses for diagnostics and research. The potential for harm associated to work with these infectious agents can be minimized through the application of sound biosafety concepts and practices. The main factors to the prevention of laboratory-acquired infection are well-trained personnel who are knowledgable and biohazard aware, who are perceptive of the various ways of transmission, and who are professional in safe laboratory practice management. In addition, we should emphasize that appropriate facilities, practices and procedures are to be used by the laboratory workers for the handling of emerging viruses in a safe and secure manner. This review is aimed at providing researchers and laboratory personnel with basic biosafety principles to protect themselves from exposure to emerging viruses while working in the laboratory. This paper focuses on what emerging viruses are, why emerging viruses can cause laboratory-acquired infection, how to assess the risk of working with emerging viruses, and how laboratory-acquired infection can be prevented. Control measures used in the laboratory designed as such that they protect workers from emerging viruses and safeguard the public through the safe disposal of infectious wastes are also addressed.

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Chairin Nisa Ma'roef

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

该杂志将涵盖生物​​学、细菌学、生物化学、生物技术、细胞生物学、环境生物学、微生物学、医学微生物学、药理学、生理学、病理学、免疫学、病毒学、毒理学、流行病学、疫苗学、血液学、组织病理学、细胞学、遗传学和热带农业。具有临床意义和意义的文章将被优先考虑。

The Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine covers a wide range of fields including biology, bacteriology, biochemistry, biotechnology, cell biology, environmental biology, microbiology, medical microbiology, pharmacology, physiology, pathology, immunology, virology, toxicology, epidemiology, vaccinology, hematology, histopathology, cytology, genetics, and tropical agriculture. Articles with clinical significance and importance will be given priority.

《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》涵盖生物学、细菌学、生物化学、生物技术、细胞生物学、环境生物学、微生物学、医学微生物学、药理学、生理学、病理学、免疫学、病毒学、毒理学、流行病学、疫苗学、血液学、组织病理学、细胞学、遗传学和热带农业等领域。具有临床意义和重要性的文章将优先考虑。

Laboratory biosafety for handling emerging viruses

What emerging viruses are, why emerging viruses can cause laboratory-acquired infection, how to assess the risk of working with emerging viruses, and how laboratory- Acquired infection can be prevented are focused on.

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Laboratory biosafety for handling emerging viruses

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