hanta virus

[Duane James Funk]

In <3mhjki$ltn at newsbf02.news.aol.com> susand4739 at aol.com (SusanD4739) writes:

>Is Hanta a BL-3 or a BL-4 (Risk group 3 or 4 for WHO members)?

Hanta is BL-3 when working in TC etc.  However when working with animals 
it is a BL-4 (due to its mode of transmission--urine, feces, saliva).

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                                Duane                  
	University of Manitoba; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
                      umfunk15 at cc.umanitoba.ca