Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Metapneumovirus in Nursing Home, New Mexico, USA

Human metapneumovirus is an emerging pathogen that causes upper and lower respiratory illness. Nursing home outbreaks of infection with this virus can cause severe illness and lead to poor patient outcomes. We report an outbreak investigation in a nursing home during 2018 and infection control guide...

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Autores principales: Peña, Sandra A., Davis, Sarah Shrum, Lu, Xiaoyan, Sakthivel, Senthil Kumar K., Peret, Teresa C.T., Rose, Erica Billig, Smelser, Chad, Schneider, Eileen, Stone, Nimalie D., Watson, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666949
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.181298
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Sumario:Human metapneumovirus is an emerging pathogen that causes upper and lower respiratory illness. Nursing home outbreaks of infection with this virus can cause severe illness and lead to poor patient outcomes. We report an outbreak investigation in a nursing home during 2018 and infection control guidelines to assist in disease control.

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