Question

What biosafety level is ebola?

Answer 1

Biosafety Level 4:

1. A BSL-4 lab consists of work with highly dangerous and exotic microbes.
2. Infections caused by these types of microbes are frequently fatal and come without treatment or vaccines.
3. Two examples of such microbes include Ebola and Marburg viruses.
4. A BSL-4 laboratory is extremely isolated—often located in a separate building or in an isolated and restricted zone of the building.

Common requirements in the biosafety level 4 laboratory are:

1. The researchers should change their clothes and shower while exiting.
2. All materials should be decontaminated.
3. All experiments should be carried out under class III safety cabinets.
4. The laboratory is isolated and present in a separate building and entry to this zone has to be restricted.