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Agent Summary Statements – Bacterial Agents<br />

including direct contact with infected animal tissues or products, ingestion of<br />

contaminated milk, and airborne exposure in pens and stables.<br />

LABORATORY SAFETY<br />

Brucella infects the blood and a wide variety of body tissues, including cerebral<br />

spinal fluid, semen, pulmonary excretions, placenta, and occasionally urine. Most<br />

laboratory-associated cases occur in research facilities and involve exposures to Brucella<br />

organisms grown in large quantities or exposure to placental tissues containing Brucella.<br />

Cases have occurred in clinical laboratory settings from sniffing bacteriological cultures 29<br />

or working on open bench tops. 30 Aerosols from, or direct skin contact with, cultures or<br />

with infectious clinical specimens from animals (e.g. blood, body fluids, tissues) are<br />

commonly implicated in human infections. Aerosols generated during laboratory<br />

procedures have caused multiple cases per exposure. 30,31 Mouth pipetting, accidental<br />

parenteral inoculations, and sprays into eyes, nose and mouth result in infection. The<br />

infectious dose of Brucella is 10-100 organisms by aerosol route and subcutaneous route<br />

in laboratory animals. 32,33<br />

Containment Recommendations<br />

BSL-2 practices, containment equipment, and facilities are recommended for<br />

routine clinical specimens of human or animal origin. Products of conception containing<br />

or believed to contain pathogenic Brucella should be handled with BSL-3 practices due<br />

to the high concentration of organisms per gram of tissue. BSL-3 and ABSL-3 practices,<br />

containment equipment, and facilities are recommended, for all manipulations of cultures<br />

of pathogenic Brucella spp. listed in this summary, and for experimental animal studies.<br />

SPECIAL ISSUES<br />

Vaccines Human Brucella vaccines have been developed and tested in other countries<br />

with limited success. A human vaccine is not available in the United States. 34<br />

Select Agent Brucella suis is a Select Agent requiring registration with CDC and/or<br />

USDA for possession, use, storage and/or transfer. See Appendix F for additional<br />

information.<br />

Transfer of Agent Importation of this agent may require CDC and/or USDA importation<br />

permits. Domestic transport of this agent may require a permit from USDA/APHIS/VS.<br />

A DoC permit may be required for the export of this agent to another country. See<br />

Appendix C for additional information.<br />

Agent: Burkholderia mallei<br />

Burkholderia mallei (formerly Pseudomonas mallei) is a non-motile gramnegative<br />

rod associated with glanders, a rare disease of equine species and humans.<br />

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