VACCINIA VIRUS
Flammability | 0 | |
Toxicity | 2 | |
Body Contact | 3 | |
Reactivity | 0 | |
Chronic | 0 | |
SCALE: Min/Nil=0 Low=1 Moderate=2 High=3 Extreme=4 |
Complex coat and capsid 230 x 400nm. This is a dsDNA poxviridae.
"Smallpox vaccine", Poxvirus
Risk of serious damage to eyes.
Considered an unlikely route of entry in commercial/industrial environments.
If applied to the eyes, this material causes severe eye damage. Risk of serious damage to eyes.
INCUBATION PERIOD:
Principal routes of exposure are by skin contact, accidental injection (needle stick), ingestion and/or inhalation of aerosols. Symptoms and longer term effects are related to the pathology of the infection.