biosafety level 1: exposure only to infectious agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease
entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
kuomintang: the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan