Mumps Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Mumps virus is a member of the Paramyxoviridae family. The external surface of the viron is regularly studded with glycoproteins. The genome is linear single stranded RNA surrounded by repeating protein subunits. Disease/Infection Generalized viral syndrome causing parotiditis. Pathogenicity Disease is asymptomatic in about 35% of […]
Mycobacterium bovis/BCG Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is part of the of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. It is an acid fast, gram positive bacilli, that is non-spore forming, non-motile, slightly curved, aerobic and slow-growing. Disease/Infection Untreated M. bovis may progress to gastrointestinal or pulmonary disease. Pathogenicity Mycobacterium bovis infections are […]
Neisseria Gonorrhea Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an aerobic gram-negative, non-spore forming, non-motile, encapsulated, and non-acid-fast bacteria, which appear in kidney bean shape under the microscope. Disease/Infection Conjunctivitis and cutaneous disease are possible from a lab exposure. Theoretically, disseminated disease is also possible. Non lab related diseases may include genital […]
Neisseria meningitidis Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Neisseria meningitidis is a Gram-negative, non-spore forming, non-motile, encapsulated, and non-acid-fast diplococci, which appears in kidney bean shape under the microscope. There are thirteen types (serogroups) of Neisseria meningitidis, nine of which cause invasive disease (A, B, C, D, X, Y, Z, 29E and W-135). Meningococcal […]
Plasmodium spp. Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Plasmodium spp. parasites belong to the Apicomplexa group of protozoa and encompass a wide variety of genus including Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae. Plasmodium is most known for causing malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that manifests itself as fever, chills, and flu-like illness. If left […]
Polio Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Polio virus is the type species of the Enterovirus genus in the family Picornaviridae. Enteroviruses are transient inhabitants of the gastrointestinal tract, and are stable at an acidic pH. Picornaviruses are small with an RNA genome. There are three poliovirus serotypes (P1, P2, and P3). Immunity […]
Rabies virus Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Rabies is a disease caused by the rabies virus. Rabies virus belongs to the order Mononegavirales, viruses with single RNA genomes. Classified in the Rhabdoviridae family, which includes at least three genera of animal viruses, Lyssavirus, Ephemerovirus, and Vesiculovirus. Disease/Infection Progressive encephalomyelitis Pathogenicity Laboratory Associated Infections […]
Salmonella enterica species (S. typhimurium and S. enteritidis serotypes) Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Salmonella serotypes of family Enterobacteriaceae are gram negative rods; motile, aerobic and facultatively anaerobic; serological identification of somatic, flagellar and Vi antigens. They are organized into two species S. enterica and S. bongori. S enterica serotypes S. typhimurium and enteritidis are serotypes most frequent in the […]
Streptococcus pyogenes Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Streptococcus pyogenes Group A (β-hemolytic) streptococci (GAS), is an aerobic, gram-positive extracellular bacterium. It is made up of non-motile, non-sporing cocci that are less than 2 µm in length and that form chains and large colonies greater than 0.5 mm in size. It has a β-hemolytic […]
Orthopoxvirus Agent Information Sheet
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Orthopoxviruses are one of several genuses that cause Poxvirus Diseases. There are several species of Orthopoxviruses which can infect both animals and humans. Most notable of these species is the Variola virus which causes smallpox. After an extensive vaccination campaign, smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980. […]