Office of Health and Safety

Herpes B Links

National B virus Laboratory

http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwvir/

Agent summary from CDC's Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories

http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bmbl4/bmbl4s7f.htm#Agent:

Then click on Herpes virus simiae (Cercopithecine herpesvirus [CHV-1], B-virus)

Agent Summary(MSDS) from Health Canada

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/lcdc/biosafty/msds/msds81e.html

CDC's Guidelines for Prevention of Herpesvirus Simiae (B Virus) Infection in

Monkey Handlers MMWR 36(41);680-682,687-689 Publication date: 10/23/1987

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00015936.htm

v CDC's Interim Recommendations for Worker Protection December 18, 1998 / MMWR 47(49);1073-6,1083

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056008.htm

v NIOSH's Hazard ID Fact Sheets

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hid5.html

Historical Record of reported occupational exposure to B virus

v December 18, 1998 1 case in Georgia

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056008.htm

v July 07, 1989-2 cases in Michigan

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000920.htm

v October 23, 1987-4 cases in Florida

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000920.htm

This page last reviewed May 22, 2001

Office of the Director/Administrator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Atlanta, GA