Severe Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Metapneumovirus in Nursing Home, New Mexico, USA

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal 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
• 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.
• Subjects:
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Metapneumovirus
  • Nursing Homes
  • Paramyxoviridae Infections
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(2):383-384
• Pubmed ID:
  30666949
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6346448
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/75856/cdc_75856_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 386.73 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5e023983e36590ef248f8a900ac4da3766dc0d110d6ed09fb8b7d5f3b0c4d979