Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus on inanimate surfaces: A risk for health care transmission

The Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been responsible for multiple health care–associated outbreaks. We investigated whether high-touch surfaces in 3 rooms of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV patients were contaminated with MERS-CoV RNA. We found 2 out of 51 surfaces were con...

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Autores principales: Khan, Raymond M., Al-Dorzi, Hasan M., Al Johani, Sameera, Balkhy, Hanan H., Alenazi, Thamer H., Baharoon, Salim, Arabi, Yaseen M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2016
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27339792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.006
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Sumario:The Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been responsible for multiple health care–associated outbreaks. We investigated whether high-touch surfaces in 3 rooms of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV patients were contaminated with MERS-CoV RNA. We found 2 out of 51 surfaces were contaminated with MERS-CoV viral genetic material. Hence, environmental contamination may be a potential source of health care transmission and outbreaks. Meticulous environmental cleaning may be important in preventing transmission within the health care setting.

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