rondaben
04-25-2009, 02:50 PM
Here is something that you won't see on the news...From the swine flu guidance to labs....
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/swineflu_guidance_labs_20090425.pdf
The only reliable means of confirming swine influenza A/H1N1 would require virus isolation (virus isolation should be done in a BSL-3 facility) and at least partial sequencing of the genome.
This means that they are recommending a Bio-Safety 3 lab to identify the virus. BSL 3 labs are for quite dangerous bugs that are not as exotic as say ebola.
Other bugs that need to be Identified in BSL3 labs include:
Anthrax
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (what was missing from Ft. Detrick last week)
West Nile
Rift Valley Fever
SARS
Yellow Fever
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/swineflu_guidance_labs_20090425.pdf
The only reliable means of confirming swine influenza A/H1N1 would require virus isolation (virus isolation should be done in a BSL-3 facility) and at least partial sequencing of the genome.
This means that they are recommending a Bio-Safety 3 lab to identify the virus. BSL 3 labs are for quite dangerous bugs that are not as exotic as say ebola.
Other bugs that need to be Identified in BSL3 labs include:
Anthrax
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (what was missing from Ft. Detrick last week)
West Nile
Rift Valley Fever
SARS
Yellow Fever