A Review of Laboratory-Acquired Infections in the Asia-Pacific: Understanding Risk and the Need for Improved Biosafety for Veterinary and Zoonotic Diseases
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
LAI Article Selection
3. Results
3.1. LAI Reports in the Asia-Pacific Region
3.2. Risk Assessment for Major Veterinary Pathogens in Asia-Pacific Region
3.2.1. High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI)
3.2.2. Brucella
3.2.3. Rabies
3.2.4. Other Zoonotic Pathogens and Major Transboundary Livestock Diseases
4. Discussion
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Year | Location | Agents Involved | Possible Cause | Affected Personnel | Type of Laboratory |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Taiwan | Ralstonia pickettii | Unknown | - | - |
2014 | South Korea | Dengue | Self-inoculation | Laboratory staff | Research/BSL2 |
2011 | Australia | Dengue | Mosquito-bite or aerosol | Scientist | Research/BSL2 |
2010 | India | Buffalopox virus (BPXV) (Z) | Broken ampoule | Researcher | - |
2009 | Malaysia | Brucella melitensis | Unknown | Laboratory staff | Clinical |
2006 | Taiwan | Shigella spp. (Z) | Unknown | Graduate student | Research |
2006 | PR China | Seoul virus and hantavirus (Z) | Possible aerosol | 8 postgraduate students | Research |
2004 | Taiwan | Dengue type 1 | Mosquito bite | Graduate student | Research |
2004 | Taiwan ′ | SARS-CoV (Z) | Cleaning spilled waste | Researcher | Research |
2004 | PR China ″ | SARS-CoV (Z) | Unknown | 8 human cases, 1 died | Research |
2003 | Singapore | SARS-CoV (Z) | Unknown | Graduate student | Research/BSL3 |
2002 | Japan | Arthroderma benhamiae (Z) | Unknown | Scientist | Research |
2002 | Australia | S. aureus, MRSA, EMRSA (Z) | Wound contamination | Laboratory staff | Clinical |
2001 | Japan | Arthroderma benhamiae (Z) | Unknown | Researcher | Research |
2000 | South Korea | Orientia tsutsugamushi (Z) | Possible aerosol | Worker | - |
1999 | Taiwan | Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Z) | Handled infected abalones | Laboratory staff | - |
1998 | Japan | Helicobacter pylori (Z) | Unknown | Bacteriologist | - |
1996–2000 | Australia | Brucella suis (Z) | Unknown | Various | Clinical |
1996 | Malaysia * | Salmonella typhi | Unknown | Laboratory staff | - |
1992 | Australia | Pseudomonas pseudomallei (Z) | Unknown | 3 laboratory staff | Diagnostic |
1990 | South Korea | Rickettsia typhi (Z) | Unknown | Laboratory staff | Clinical |
1990 | India | Mycobacterium leprae (Z) | Unknown | Worker | Clinical |
1989 | South Korea | Rickettsia typhi (Z) | Splash to face | Laboratory staff | Research |
1987 | Australia^ | Newcastle disease virus (Z) | Splash to face | Laboratory staff | Research/BSL3 |
1986 | Australia^ | Brucella melitensis (Z) | Accidental self-inoculation | Researcher | Research |
1985 | Japan | Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Z) | Unknown | Pathologist | Research |
1982 | Australia | Shigella flexneri (Z) | Splash to face | Laboratory staff | Clinical |
Infectious Agent | Risk Group * |
---|---|
Virus | |
Avian influenza | 2/3 |
Chikungunya | 3 |
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever | 4 |
Dengue | 2 |
Ebola virus disease | 4 |
Hantavirus | 3 |
Japanese encephalitis | 2 |
Nipah virus | 4 |
Novel human coronavirus (SARS) | 3 |
Rabies | 3 |
Viral hepatitis | 2 |
Bacteria | |
Anthrax | 3 |
Brucellosis | 3 |
Leptospirosis | 2 |
Listeriosis | 2 |
Melioidosis | 3 |
Plague | 3 |
Salmonellosis | 2 |
Scrub typhus | 3 |
Tularaemia | 2/3 |
Parasite | |
Taeniasis/cysticercosis | 2 |
Toxoplasmosis | 2 |
Trichinellosis | 2 |
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Siengsanan-Lamont, J.; Blacksell, S.D. A Review of Laboratory-Acquired Infections in the Asia-Pacific: Understanding Risk and the Need for Improved Biosafety for Veterinary and Zoonotic Diseases. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3020036
Siengsanan-Lamont J, Blacksell SD. A Review of Laboratory-Acquired Infections in the Asia-Pacific: Understanding Risk and the Need for Improved Biosafety for Veterinary and Zoonotic Diseases. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2018; 3(2):36. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3020036
Chicago/Turabian StyleSiengsanan-Lamont, Jarunee, and Stuart D. Blacksell. 2018. "A Review of Laboratory-Acquired Infections in the Asia-Pacific: Understanding Risk and the Need for Improved Biosafety for Veterinary and Zoonotic Diseases" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 3, no. 2: 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3020036