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.
2016
Neisseria meningitidis; forensic autopsy; infectious disease transmission; meningococcal sepsis; survival
Osculati, ANTONIO MARCO MARIA; Visona', SILVIA DAMIANA; Colombo, Alberto; Basso, PETRA RITA; Andrello, Luisa; Toniolo, Antonio
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