title: Hepatitis and other infections in clinical laboratory staff, 1979.
abstract: In 1979, British laboratories participating in the American of Clinical Pathologists' survey reported five cases of tuberculosis, four of chickenpox, four of salmonellosis or shigellosis, one malaria, and one hepatitis A infection. Microbiology workers were most affected, but at least six infections were not attributable to work. All cases recovered.
mesh_terms: D006505:Hepatitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008829:Microbiology; D012306:Risk; D006113:United Kingdom