Quarterly Biosafety Listings

Anonymous. Time to accept realities of bioweapon control [editorial]. Nature 1998;391:823.

Anonymous. Monitoring protocols for biological weapons [editorial]. Nat Biotechnol 1998;16:309.

Anonymous. FDA approves new sterilants [news]. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998;19:217.

Balter M. Celebrated virus hunters set up shop in France [news]. Science 1998;279:1629-30.

Berdal BP. [Biological warfare] Biologisk krigforing. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 1998:118;1344.

Bhatia SS, Soman JP. Evaluation of virucidal activity of a few physicochemical agents against goat-pox virus.  Indian J Anim Sci 1998;68:518-20.

Blenkharn JI. Safe disposal of sharps [letter]. Lancet 1998;351:760.

Boothe HW. Antiseptics and disinfectants. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract
1998;28:233-48.

Dickson D. Iraq crisis spurs new bioweapons moves [news]. Nature 1998;391:831.

Enserink M. Preventing a Mars attack [news]. Science 1998;279:1309.

Fishman RH. Threat of biological weapons remains in Middle East [news]. Lancet 1998;351: 658.

Garcin F, Bergeaud Y, Joly B. Study of the antimicrobial efficacy of ultraviolet rays for the disinfection of radiology cassettes. Pathol Biol 1998;46:325-29.

Gherbawy YA. Effect of gamma irradiation on the production of cell wall degrading enzymes by Aspergillus niger. Int J Food Microbiol 1998;40:127-31.

Griffiths PA, Babb JR, Fraise AP. Mycobacterium terrae: a potential surrogate for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a standard disinfectant test. J Hosp Infect 1998;38:183-92.

Gunnlaugsson G, Einarsdottir J, Angulo FJ, Mentambanar SA, Passa A, Tauxe RV. Funerals during the 1994 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: the need for disinfection of bodies of persons dying of cholera. Epidemiol Infect 1998;120:7-15.

Humphrey CD. Infectious disease electron microscopy for 30 years without negative incident ... why?  Scanning 1998;20:154.

Jackson PJ, Hugh-Jones ME, Adair DM, Green G, Hill KK, Kuske CR, Grinberg LM, Abramova FA, Keim P. PCR analysis of tissue samples from the 1979 Sverdlovsk anthrax victims: the presence of multiple Bacillus anthracis strains in different victims.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998;95:1224-29.

Kampf G, Hofer M, Ruden H. [Inactivation of chlorhexidine for in vitro testing of disinfectants] Inaktivierung von Chlorhexidin bei der in vitro Desinfektionsmitteltestung.  Zentralbl Hyg Umweltmed 1998;200:457-64.

Knapp DA, Michocki RJ, Mays DA. Endoscopists need to clean up their act - literally [letter].  Arch Intern Med 1998;158:928.

Kolstad RA. How well does the chemiclave sterilize handpieces? J Amer Dent Assn 1998;129:985-91.

Komanapalli IR, Lau BH. Inactivation of bacteriophage lambda, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans by ozone. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1998;49:766-69.

Kuo JF, Ramirez CA. Disinfection and antimicrobial processes. Water Environ Res 1998;70:551-57.

Lacey R. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: the fall-out. Rev Med Microbiol 1998;9:119-27.

Lin YS, Vidic RD, Stout JE, Mccartney CA, Yu VL. Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium by copper and silver ions.  Water Res 1998;32:1997-2000.

Martin MV. The air/water syringe: a potential source of microbial contamination. Br Dent J 1998;184:278-79.

McConnell EA. Preventing sharps injuries. Nurs Manage 1998;29:37.

Morris K. US anthrax-vaccine producer saved for now [news]. Lancet 1998;351:657.

Nguchi A. Cold sterilization. J Jpn Soc Food Sci Technol 1998;45:84.

Noah DL, Sobel AL, Ostroff SM, Kildew JA. Biological warfare training: infectious disease outbreak differentiation criteria. Mil Med 1998;163:198-201.

Palomino JC, Portaels F. Effects of decontamination methods and culture conditions on viability of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the BACTEC system. J Clin Microbiol
1998;36:402-08.

Peters J, Thonke M, Renner P, Brauniger S, Fischer I. [Effect of protamine on the microbicidal efficacy of formaldehyde] Der Einfluss von Protamin auf die mikrobizide Wirkung von Formaldehyd. Zentralbl Hyg Umweltmed 1998;200:479-90.

Pile JC, Malone JD, Eitzen EM, Friedlander AM. Anthrax as a potential biological warfare agent. Arch Intern Med 1998;158:429-34.

Pugliese G, Favero MS. EPA charges illegal claim for antibacterial-impregnated consumer products [news]. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998;19:140.

Rolicka M. Propaganda value of allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War [letter]. JAMA 1998;279:274.

Salkin IF, Krisiunas E, Morris PR. Biohazardous waste: risk assessment, policy, and management [letter]. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998;19:155-57.

Sharbaugh RJ. Principles of disinfection: Part 2. Home Care Provid 1998;3:79-80.

Sidley P. Doctors involved in south Africa's biological warfare programme. Br Med J 1998;316:1852.

Spicher G, Peters J. [Effect on the microbicidal efficacy of formaldehyde, glutardialdehyde, peracetic acid, chloramine T (N-chloro-4-toluenesulfonamide), m-cresol, ethanol and benzyldimethyldodecacylammonium bromide by blood (model experiments for chemical disinfection of instruments)] Beeinflussung der mikrobiziden Wirksamkeit von Formaldehyd, Glutardialdehyd, Peressigsaure, Chloramin T (N-Chlor-4-toluolsulfonsaureamid), m-Kresol, Ethanol und Benzyldimethyldodecylammoniumbromid durch Blut (Modellversuche zur chemischen Instrumentendesinfektion).  Zentralbl Hyg Umweltmed 1998;200:465-77.

Surawicz CM. Clostridium difficile disease: diagnosis and treatment. Gastroenterologist 1998;6:60-65.

Takata T, Shirotani T, Okada M, Kanda M, Fujimoto S, Ono J. Acute hemorrhagic gastropathy with multiple shallow ulcers and duodenitis caused by a laboratory infection of Helicobacter pylori. Gastrointest Endosc 1998;47:291-94.

Taylor DM, Fernie K, McConnell I, Ferguson CE, Steele PJ. Solvent extraction as an adjunct to rendering: the effect on BSE and scrapie agents of hot solvents followed by dry heat and steam. Vet Rec 1998;143:6-9.

Tokuda Y. Physicians and biological warfare agents [letter]. JAMA 1998;279:273-74.

Vanchieri C. Medical waste. Burning issues. Hosp Health Netw 1998;72:38.

Vassal S, Favennec L, Ballet JJ, Brasseur P. Lack of activity of an association of detergent and germicidal agents on the infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts [letter]. J Infect 1998;36:245-47.

Walker JR, Phillips T. The Biological Weapons Convention and the biopharmaceutical industry: the views of the United Kingdom. Nat Biotechnol 1998;16:310.

Watts J. Japan taken to court over germ-warfare allegations [news]. Lancet 1998;351:657.

Weidner BL, Gotsch AR, Delnevo CD, Newman JB, McDonald B. Worker health and safety training: assessing impact among responders. Am J Ind Med 1998;33:241-46.

Westerdahl KS, Roffey R. Vaccine production in Russia: an update [news]. Nat Med 1998;4:506.

Whitehouse JD, Sexton DJ, Kirkland KB. Infection control: past, present, and future issues.  Compr Ther 1998;24:71-77.

Wilson M, Patel H, Noar JH. Effect of chlorhexidine on multi-species biofilms. Curr Microbiol 1998;36:13-18.

Wise R. Bioterrorism: thinking the unthinkable. Lancet 1998;351:1378.

Zilinskas RA. Bioethics and biological weapons [editorial]. Science 1998;279:635.

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