The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever

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• Alternative Title:
  PLoS Negl Trop Dis
• Personal Author:
  Al-Hamdan, Nasser A. ; Panackal, Anil A. ; Al Bassam, Tami H. ; Alrabea, Abdullah ; Al Hazmi, Mohammed ; Al Mazroa, Yagoub ; Al Jefri, Mohammed ; Khan, Ali S. ; Ksiazek, Thomas G.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Antibodies, Viral Community-Acquired Infections Cross-Sectional Studies Cross Infection Female Health Personnel Humans Male Middle Aged Rift Valley Fever Risk Assessment Seroepidemiologic Studies Young Adult

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• Source:
  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 9(12)
• Pubmed ID:
  26694834
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4687845
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Intramural NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Africa
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:170effa24eb2ea2ce0069a580279c3d44ec0cc7283e07eae5ef428bf9da547a9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37712/cdc_37712_DS1.pdf
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