Safety Precautions and Operating Procedures in an (A)BSL-4 Laboratory: 4. Medical Imaging Procedures
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Here, we present an overview of the preparation and animal handling procedures required to safely perform medical imaging in an animal biosafety level 4 laboratory. Computed tomography of a mock-infected guinea pig illustrates these procedures that may be used to evaluate the disease caused by a high consequence pathogen.
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Byrum, R., Keith, L., Bartos, C., St. Claire, M., Lackemeyer, M. G., Holbrook, M. R., Janosko, K., Barr, J., Pusl, D., Bollinger, L., Wada, J., Coe, L., Hensley, L. E., Jahrling, P. B., Kuhn, J. H., Lentz, M. R. Safety Precautions and Operating Procedures in an (A)BSL-4 Laboratory: 4. Medical Imaging Procedures. J. Vis. Exp. (116), e53601, doi:10.3791/53601 (2016).
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