Biologic hazards.

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• Personal Author:
  Key MN
• Description:
  Reconsidered: catscratch disease, ecthyma contagiosum, milker's nodules, and biological agents may be conveniently classified as viral and rickettsial, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic. Potential occupational exposures are listed for each of the four groups. The following viral or rickettsial infections are considered: catscratch disease, ecthyma contagiosum, milker's nodules, newcastle disease, orinthosis, q fever, rabies, and rocky mountain spotted fever. The following bacterial infections are included: anthrax, brucellosis, erysipeloid, folliculitis, furunculosis, leptospirosis, listeriosis, plague, tetanus, tulearemia, and verruca necrogenica. The following fungal infections are considered: aspergillosis, chromoblastomycosis, coccidiodomycosis, histoplasmosis, moniliasis, mycetoma pedis, sporotrichosis, and tinea circinata. The following parasitic infections or infestations are considered: chigger bites, creeping eruption, fowl mite dermatitis, grain itch, and grocer's itch. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Bacterial Infections Communicable Diseases Disease Vectors Dust Fungi Occupational Health Parasitic Diseases Safety Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Infectious-diseases; Diseases; Zoonoses; Disease-vectors; Parasitic-diseases; Viral-diseases; Viral-infections; Bacterial-infections; Bacterial-dusts; Fungal-diseases
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  299-305
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074779
• Citation:
  Occupational Diseases: A Guide to Their Recognition. Gafafer WM ed. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, 1966 Jun; :299-305
• Editor(s):
  Gafafer WM
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1966
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Diseases: A Guide to Their Recognition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/240702/cdc_240702_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]