Nosocomial Outbreak of Novel Arenavirus Infection, Southern Africa

A nosocomial outbreak of disease involving 5 patients, 4 of whom died, occurred in South Africa during September–October 2008. The first patient had been transferred from Zambia to South Africa for medical management. Three cases involved secondary spread of infection from the first patient, and 1 w...

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Autores principales: Paweska, Janusz T., Sewlall, Nivesh H., Ksiazek, Thomas G., Blumberg, Lucille H., Hale, Martin J., Lipkin, W. Ian, Weyer, Jacqueline, Nichol, Stuart T., Rollin, Pierre E., McMullan, Laura K., Paddock, Christopher D., Briese, Thomas, Mnyaluza, Joy, Dinh, Thu-Ha, Mukonka, Victor, Ching, Pamela, Duse, Adriano, Richards, Guy, de Jong, Gillian, Cohen, Cheryl, Ikalafeng, Bridget, Mugero, Charles, Asomugha, Chika, Malotle, Mirriam M., Nteo, Dorothy M., Misiani, Eunice, Swanepoel, Robert, Zaki, Sherif R., Teams, Investigation
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1510.090211
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author Paweska, Janusz T.
Sewlall, Nivesh H.
Ksiazek, Thomas G.
Blumberg, Lucille H.
Hale, Martin J.
Lipkin, W. Ian
Weyer, Jacqueline
Nichol, Stuart T.
Rollin, Pierre E.
McMullan, Laura K.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Briese, Thomas
Mnyaluza, Joy
Dinh, Thu-Ha
Mukonka, Victor
Ching, Pamela
Duse, Adriano
Richards, Guy
de Jong, Gillian
Cohen, Cheryl
Ikalafeng, Bridget
Mugero, Charles
Asomugha, Chika
Malotle, Mirriam M.
Nteo, Dorothy M.
Misiani, Eunice
Swanepoel, Robert
Zaki, Sherif R.
Teams, Investigation
author_facet Paweska, Janusz T.
Sewlall, Nivesh H.
Ksiazek, Thomas G.
Blumberg, Lucille H.
Hale, Martin J.
Lipkin, W. Ian
Weyer, Jacqueline
Nichol, Stuart T.
Rollin, Pierre E.
McMullan, Laura K.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Briese, Thomas
Mnyaluza, Joy
Dinh, Thu-Ha
Mukonka, Victor
Ching, Pamela
Duse, Adriano
Richards, Guy
de Jong, Gillian
Cohen, Cheryl
Ikalafeng, Bridget
Mugero, Charles
Asomugha, Chika
Malotle, Mirriam M.
Nteo, Dorothy M.
Misiani, Eunice
Swanepoel, Robert
Zaki, Sherif R.
Teams, Investigation
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description A nosocomial outbreak of disease involving 5 patients, 4 of whom died, occurred in South Africa during September–October 2008. The first patient had been transferred from Zambia to South Africa for medical management. Three cases involved secondary spread of infection from the first patient, and 1 was a tertiary infection. A novel arenavirus was identified. The source of the first patient’s infection remains undetermined.
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spelling pubmed-28663972010-05-11 Nosocomial Outbreak of Novel Arenavirus Infection, Southern Africa Paweska, Janusz T. Sewlall, Nivesh H. Ksiazek, Thomas G. Blumberg, Lucille H. Hale, Martin J. Lipkin, W. Ian Weyer, Jacqueline Nichol, Stuart T. Rollin, Pierre E. McMullan, Laura K. Paddock, Christopher D. Briese, Thomas Mnyaluza, Joy Dinh, Thu-Ha Mukonka, Victor Ching, Pamela Duse, Adriano Richards, Guy de Jong, Gillian Cohen, Cheryl Ikalafeng, Bridget Mugero, Charles Asomugha, Chika Malotle, Mirriam M. Nteo, Dorothy M. Misiani, Eunice Swanepoel, Robert Zaki, Sherif R. Teams, Investigation Emerg Infect Dis Research A nosocomial outbreak of disease involving 5 patients, 4 of whom died, occurred in South Africa during September–October 2008. The first patient had been transferred from Zambia to South Africa for medical management. Three cases involved secondary spread of infection from the first patient, and 1 was a tertiary infection. A novel arenavirus was identified. The source of the first patient’s infection remains undetermined. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2866397/ /pubmed/19861052 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1510.090211 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research
Paweska, Janusz T.
Sewlall, Nivesh H.
Ksiazek, Thomas G.
Blumberg, Lucille H.
Hale, Martin J.
Lipkin, W. Ian
Weyer, Jacqueline
Nichol, Stuart T.
Rollin, Pierre E.
McMullan, Laura K.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Briese, Thomas
Mnyaluza, Joy
Dinh, Thu-Ha
Mukonka, Victor
Ching, Pamela
Duse, Adriano
Richards, Guy
de Jong, Gillian
Cohen, Cheryl
Ikalafeng, Bridget
Mugero, Charles
Asomugha, Chika
Malotle, Mirriam M.
Nteo, Dorothy M.
Misiani, Eunice
Swanepoel, Robert
Zaki, Sherif R.
Teams, Investigation
Nosocomial Outbreak of Novel Arenavirus Infection, Southern Africa
title Nosocomial Outbreak of Novel Arenavirus Infection, Southern Africa
title_full Nosocomial Outbreak of Novel Arenavirus Infection, Southern Africa
title_fullStr Nosocomial Outbreak of Novel Arenavirus Infection, Southern Africa
title_full_unstemmed Nosocomial Outbreak of Novel Arenavirus Infection, Southern Africa
title_short Nosocomial Outbreak of Novel Arenavirus Infection, Southern Africa
title_sort nosocomial outbreak of novel arenavirus infection, southern africa
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861052
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1510.090211
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