The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever

In 2000, we investigated the Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak on the Arabian Peninsula—the first outside Africa—and the risk of nosocomial transmission. In a cross-sectional design, during the peak of the epidemic at its epicenter, we found four (0.6%) of 703 healthcare workers (HCWs) IgM seropositi...

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Autores principales: Al-Hamdan, Nasser A., Panackal, Anil A., Al Bassam, Tami H., Alrabea, Abdullah, Al Hazmi, Mohammed, Al Mazroa, Yagoub, Al Jefri, Mohammed, Khan, Ali S., Ksiazek, Thomas G.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26694834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004314
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author Al-Hamdan, Nasser A.
Panackal, Anil A.
Al Bassam, Tami H.
Alrabea, Abdullah
Al Hazmi, Mohammed
Al Mazroa, Yagoub
Al Jefri, Mohammed
Khan, Ali S.
Ksiazek, Thomas G.
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Panackal, Anil A.
Al Bassam, Tami H.
Alrabea, Abdullah
Al Hazmi, Mohammed
Al Mazroa, Yagoub
Al Jefri, Mohammed
Khan, Ali S.
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description In 2000, we investigated the Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak on the Arabian Peninsula—the first outside Africa—and the risk of nosocomial transmission. In a cross-sectional design, during the peak of the epidemic at its epicenter, we found four (0.6%) of 703 healthcare workers (HCWs) IgM seropositive but all with only community-associated exposures. Standard precautions are sufficient for HCWs exposed to known RVF patients, in contrast to other viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) such as Ebola virus disease (EVD) in which the route of transmission differs. Suspected VHF in which the etiology is uncertain should be initially managed with the most cautious infection control measures.
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spelling pubmed-46878452015-12-31 The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever Al-Hamdan, Nasser A. Panackal, Anil A. Al Bassam, Tami H. Alrabea, Abdullah Al Hazmi, Mohammed Al Mazroa, Yagoub Al Jefri, Mohammed Khan, Ali S. Ksiazek, Thomas G. PLoS Negl Trop Dis Research Article In 2000, we investigated the Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak on the Arabian Peninsula—the first outside Africa—and the risk of nosocomial transmission. In a cross-sectional design, during the peak of the epidemic at its epicenter, we found four (0.6%) of 703 healthcare workers (HCWs) IgM seropositive but all with only community-associated exposures. Standard precautions are sufficient for HCWs exposed to known RVF patients, in contrast to other viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) such as Ebola virus disease (EVD) in which the route of transmission differs. Suspected VHF in which the etiology is uncertain should be initially managed with the most cautious infection control measures. Public Library of Science 2015-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4687845/ /pubmed/26694834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004314 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain declaration, which stipulates that, once placed in the public domain, this work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose.
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Panackal, Anil A.
Al Bassam, Tami H.
Alrabea, Abdullah
Al Hazmi, Mohammed
Al Mazroa, Yagoub
Al Jefri, Mohammed
Khan, Ali S.
Ksiazek, Thomas G.
The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever
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title_full The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever
title_fullStr The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever
title_full_unstemmed The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever
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title_sort risk of nosocomial transmission of rift valley fever
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26694834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004314
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