The likelihood of transmission of potential disease agents between animals and man during spaceflight is a real concern. Development of disease exclusion lists for animals and refinement of animal containment units have been the principal means of providing protection to the crew members. Awareness of potential latent infections and a judicious use of the higher risk category of animals such as wild-caught nonhuman primates provides another level of protection. Use of high efficiency filters, gasketing, and differential air pressures have all enabled increasing levels of safety through containment of potential aerosol escape from animal habitats.
Zoonoses and Enclosed Environments
Sae Technical Papers
International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 1991
1991-07-01
Conference paper
English
Dynamic source identification of emitting characters in enclosed environments
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