AOAC SPADA February 2015 Meeting Book

Regulatory Guidance (continued) • VEE is a BSL3 Agent • TC‐83 is not a select agent, can be manipulated at  BSL2  • If aerosols of TC‐83 are generated, it  reverts to BSL3  due to infectious nature for humans • Human vaccination is limited to administration by  the military as part of the 

Special Immunization Program / Investigational New Drug Authority – Military personnel, laboratory workers

Standard Method Performance  Requirements ‐ Goal

Development of Standard Method Performance  Requirements (SMPR) for Venezuelan Equine  Encephalitis virus by PCR method, with the  possibility of developing a single SMPR for a  combination of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis  virus, Western Equine Encephalitis virus, and  Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus