Basics of Biosafety in Biotech Labs

Risk Group 2• RG2:– Agents associated with human disease– rarely serious– preventive or therapeutic interventions available• Examples:– E. coli (pathogenic strains)– Adenovirus (used as rep-deficient viral vector)– Moloney murine retrovirus, amphotropic– Herpes simplex virus (used as rep-deficient viral vector)– Chicken pox“Ecotropic Pathogens”“Amphotropic Pathogens”