Table 1.

First category of biological hazards at the workplace-contact with infected living animals

Occupations	Contact with infected living animals	Diseases
Animal breeder, animal caretaker, animal scientist, farmer and rancher, farmworker, laboratory animal worker, veterinarian	Handling of infected domestic animals (inhalation or percutaneous exposure)	Brucellosis, influenza, Hendra and Nipah virus diseases; leptospirosis; Q fever
Animal breeder, animal caretaker, animal scientist, laboratory animal worker, poultry farmer, poultry handler, veterinarian	Handling of infected chickens or birds	Campylobacter enteritis, influenza, Newcastle disease, psittacosis
Animal breeder, animal caretaker, animal scientist, farmer and rancher, farmworker, laboratory animal worker, veterinarian	Bite or scratch by infected dogs or cats	Brucellosis, cat scratch fever, Capnocytophaga infection, pasteurellosis, plague, rabies, tularemia
Farmer and rancher, farmworker, game warden, hunter and trapper, veterinarian, wildlife biologist	Bite by skunk, raccoon, bat, fox, other carnivore, or woodchuck	Rabies
Farmer and rancher, farmworker, game warden, hunter and trapper, veterinarian, wildlife biologist	Bite by rodents	Monkeypox, plague, rat bite fever
Farmer and rancher, farmworker, game warden, hunter and trapper, veterinarian, wildlife biologist	Handling of infected rodents (inhalation or percutaneous exposure)	Arenaviral infection, Hantavirus infection, Lassa fever, leptospirosis, LCM, monkeypox, Omsk hemorrhagic fever, plague
Laboratory animal worker, veterinarian	Handling of infected laboratory rats or mice	Hantavirus infection, LCM, rat bite fever
Laboratory animal worker, veterinarian	Handling of infected macaque monkeys	B-virus infection

Note. Haz-Map. Control of communicable diseases manual; “Occupational Infections” in Rom; “Occupational Infections” in LaDou. p. 280-1 [Internet]. 2012 [cited 2014 Mar 25]. Available from: http://www.haz-map.com/infect.htm.

LCM, lymphocytic choriomeningitis.