Abstract
To assess the viability of discarded and buried vaccine strains, we examined vaccines that had been buried for >20 years in an industrial waste dump in the city of Milan, Italy. Viability results showed potential biological risk associated with uncontrolled burial of pharmaceutical industry waste, including some live vaccines.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Medical Waste / analysis*
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Medical Waste Disposal*
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Newcastle disease virus / isolation & purification*
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Phylogeny
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Risk
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Time Factors
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Vaccines, Attenuated / adverse effects
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Vaccines, Attenuated / isolation & purification*
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Viral Vaccines / adverse effects
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Viral Vaccines / isolation & purification*
Substances
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Medical Waste
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Medical Waste Disposal
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Vaccines, Attenuated
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Viral Vaccines