ACLAD NEWSLETTER VOL. 13, NO. 2

American College of Laboratory Animal Disease

OCTOBER, 1992

Abigail L. Smith, Ph.D. Editor Telephone: (203) 785-2535 FAX: (203) 785-7499
Joan Bailie Editorial Assistant Telephone: (203) 785-2507 FAX: (203) 785-7499
Editorial Office Section of Comparative Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
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New Haven, CT 06510

From the Editor's Desk: With this issue of the ACLAD Newsletter, l complete my fourth and final year as Editor. l take this opportunity to thank those many individuals who have provided help and, yes, even occasional compliments on the format and content of the Newsletter. l have complete confidence that my successor (see below) will do a splendid job. The Newsletter will, undoubtedly, continue to evolve and improve as fresh, new ideas are infused. It has been a pleasure serving the ACLAD family, and I hope that you, the membership and readership, will continue to share comments, ideas, and abstract material with the new Editor.

***ACLAD ELECTIONS***

Results of the ACLAD election are as follows:

President: Robert O. Jacoby President-Elect: Gerald Van Hoosier Secretary & Newsletter Editor: Stephen Morse Councilors: Anthony Allen, Patrick Manning, Dean Percy, Abigail Smith

***ZOONOSIS UPDATE***

Many thanks to Dr. J. Russell Lindsey for bringing the following article to our attention:

Dykewicz,C.A.,et. al. 1992. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis outbreak associated with nude mice in a research institute. J. Amer. Med. Assoc. 267:1349-1353. (March 11,1992) This paper describes the results of a retrospective cohort study undertaken when an employee of a cancer research institute was diagnosed as having Iymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM). Seven employees (9%) were found to have serum antibody to LCM virus. All were animal handlers or worked with animal tissues. Among individuals who worked with nude mice at the institute, infected employees were more likely to have cleaned cages, changed bedding, or changed water bottles. The probable origin of the outbreak was an infected tumor line. Population density increases in the mouse room were thought to have contributed to the problem. The outbreak was not detected for a period of time, partly due to the inadvertent termination of the sentinel monitoring program in the room for eight months. Selected Recent Publications on Laboratory Animal Diseases in Basic Science Journals
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