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Definition of Biosafety level 4
1. Noun. Exposure to exotic infectious agents that pose a high risk of life-threatening disease and can be transmitted as an aerosol and for which there is no vaccine or therapy.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biosafety Level 4
Literary usage of Biosafety level 4
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"Additionally, SALS recommended that certain agents with a close or identical
antigenic relationship to the biosafety level 4 agents (eg, Absettarov and ..."
2. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories edited by Jonathan Y. Richmond, Robert W. McKinney (1994)
"biosafety level 4 practices, safety equipment, and facilities are applicable for
work with dangerous and exotic agents which pose a high individual risk of ..."
3. West Nile Virus Outbreak: Lessons for Public Health Preparedness by Janet Heinrich (2001)
"Biosafety Level-4 pathogens are dangerous, exotic agents posing high risk of
life-threatening disease that also are transmitted through the air and with an ..."
4. Interstate Transportation of Human Pathogens: Congressional Hearings by Orrin G. Hatch (1999)
"Specifically, the workgroup (1) reviewed the current safeguards for the sale of
Biosafety Level 3 and biosafety level 4 organisms; (2) reviewed the safety ..."
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