Notice to Readers: Potential Exposure to Attenuated Vaccine Strain Bruce I la abortus RB51 During a Laboratory Proficiency Test-United States, 2007

摘要

On November 27,2007, CDC was Notified by New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) officials of potential Brucella abortus RB51 (RB51) exposures to laboratorians at a state laboratory from an isolate used in a recent Laboratory Preparedness Survey (LPS). RB51 is an attenuated vaccine strain of B. abortus used to vaccinate cattle against brucellosis; human illness is known to have resulted from RB51 vaccine-related exposures