Section 1 - CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION

PRODUCT NAME

VENEZUELAN ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS

PRODUCT USE

Single stranded enveloped RNA togaviridae and alphavirus.

SYNONYMS

"Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis", VEE, "Venezuelan Equine Fever", Arbovirus

Section 2 - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

CANADIAN WHMIS SYMBOLS

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW

RISK

POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS

ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS

SWALLOWED

  Considered an unlikely route of entry in commercial/industrial environments.  

EYE

  The dust may produce eye discomfort causing smarting, pain and redness.  

INHALED

  INCUBATION PERIOD:  

CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS

  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.