Risks and Prevention of Nosocomial Transmission of Rare Zoonotic Diseases
| Autor: | R. A. Weinstein, D. J. Weber, W. A. Rutala |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty viruses Q fever medicine.disease_cause Argentine hemorrhagic fever Communicable Diseases Patient Isolation Risk Factors Zoonoses Biological Warfare medicine Animals Humans Intensive care medicine Cross Infection Ebola virus Zoonotic Infection business.industry Congo-Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever medicine.disease Bioterrorism Virology Hemorrhagic Fevers Infectious Diseases Communicable disease transmission Bolivian hemorrhagic fever Communicable Disease Control Practice Guidelines as Topic business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Infectious Diseases. 32:446-456 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 1058-4838 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/318509 |
| Popis: | Americans are increasingly exposed to exotic zoonotic diseases through travel, contact with exotic pets, occupational exposure, and leisure pursuits. Appropriate isolation precautions are required to prevent nosocomial transmission of rare zoonotic diseases for which person-to-person transmission has been documented. This minireview provides guidelines for the isolation of patients and management of staff exposed to the following infectious diseases with documented person-to-person transmission: Andes hantavirus disease, anthrax, B virus infection, hemorrhagic fevers (due to Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Argentine hemorrhagic fever, and Bolivian hemorrhagic fever viruses), monkeypox, plague, Q fever, and rabies. Several of these infections may also be encountered as bioterrorism hazards (i.e., anthrax, hemorrhagic fever viruses, plague, and Q fever). Adherence to recommended isolation precautions will allow for proper patient care while protecting the health care workers who provide care to patients with known or suspected zoonotic infections capable of nosocomial transmission. |
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