The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever.

Autor: Al-Hamdan NA; Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Panackal AA; United States Public Health Service (USPHS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America., Al Bassam TH; Hafr Albatin Health Region, Hafr Albatin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Alrabea A; College of Medicine, Imam University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Al Hazmi M; King Fahad Central Hospital, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Al Mazroa Y; Health Services Council, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Al Jefri M; Preventive Medicine Department, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Khan AS; College of Public Health at University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America., Ksiazek TG; Galveston National Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PLoS neglected tropical diseases [PLoS Negl Trop Dis] 2015 Dec 22; Vol. 9 (12), pp. e0004314. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Dec 22 (Print Publication: 2015).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004314
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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