Among thepotentialhazardsofworkinginamortuaryandhandlingcorpses,theriskofinfectious diseaseacquisitioniswell-documented,andwarrantsattention.Themainbiologicalriskinthis environment isduetoinfectionscausedby Mycobacteriumtuberculosis, blood-bornehepatitis,and agentsresponsiblefortransmissiblespongiformencephalopathies,suchasvariantCreutzfeld-Jakob disease.Allthesepathogensremainaliveandareinfectiouspostmortem.Inaddition,other pathogenspresentincadavers,suchas Neisseriameningitidis, areapotentialsourceofinfection during necropsy.
Neisseria meningitides Can Survive in Corpses for At Least Eleven Days
OSCULATI, ANTONIO MARCO MARIA;VISONA', SILVIA DAMIANA;BASSO, PETRA RITA;ANDRELLO, LUISA;TONIOLO, ANTONIO
2016-01-01
Abstract
Among thepotentialhazardsofworkinginamortuaryandhandlingcorpses,theriskofinfectious diseaseacquisitioniswell-documented,andwarrantsattention.Themainbiologicalriskinthis environment isduetoinfectionscausedby Mycobacteriumtuberculosis, blood-bornehepatitis,and agentsresponsiblefortransmissiblespongiformencephalopathies,suchasvariantCreutzfeld-Jakob disease.Allthesepathogensremainaliveandareinfectiouspostmortem.Inaddition,other pathogenspresentincadavers,suchas Neisseriameningitidis, areapotentialsourceofinfection during necropsy.
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