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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
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
_version_ 1783389751719493632
author 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
author_facet 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
author_sort Peña, Sandra A.
collection PubMed
description 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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6346448
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2019
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-63464482019-02-01 Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Metapneumovirus in Nursing Home, New Mexico, USA 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 Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6346448/ /pubmed/30666949 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.181298 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 Letter
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
Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Metapneumovirus in Nursing Home, New Mexico, USA
title Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Metapneumovirus in Nursing Home, New Mexico, USA
title_full Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Metapneumovirus in Nursing Home, New Mexico, USA
title_fullStr Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Metapneumovirus in Nursing Home, New Mexico, USA
title_full_unstemmed Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Metapneumovirus in Nursing Home, New Mexico, USA
title_short Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Metapneumovirus in Nursing Home, New Mexico, USA
title_sort severe respiratory illness associated with human metapneumovirus in nursing home, new mexico, usa
topic Research Letter
url 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
work_keys_str_mv AT penasandraa severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa
AT davissarahshrum severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa
AT luxiaoyan severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa
AT sakthivelsenthilkumark severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa
AT peretteresact severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa
AT roseericabillig severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa
AT smelserchad severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa
AT schneidereileen severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa
AT stonenimalied severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa
AT watsonjohn severerespiratoryillnessassociatedwithhumanmetapneumovirusinnursinghomenewmexicousa

Ejemplares similares