TY - JOUR
T1 - Nipah virus contamination of hospital surfaces during outbreaks, Bangladesh, 2013-2014
AU - Hassan, Md Zakiul
AU - Sazzad, Hossain M.S.
AU - Luby, Stephen P.
AU - Sturm-Ramirez, Katharine
AU - Bhuiyan, Mejbah Uddin
AU - Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur
AU - Islam, Md Muzahidul
AU - Ströher, Ute
AU - Sultana, Sharmin
AU - Kafi, Mohammad Abdullah Heel
AU - Daszak, Peter
AU - Rahman, Mahmudur
AU - Gurley, Emily S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - Nipah virus (NiV) has been transmitted from patient to caregivers in Bangladesh presumably through oral secretions. We aimed to detect whether NiV-infected patients contaminate hospital surfaces with the virus. During December 2013-April 2014, we collected 1 swab sample from 5 surfaces near NiV-infected patients and tested surface and oral swab samples by real-time reverse transcription PCR for NiV RNA. We identified 16 Nipah patients; 12 cases were laboratory-confirmed and 4 probable. Of the 12 laboratory-confirmed cases, 10 showed NiV RNA in oral swab specimens. We obtained surface swab samples for 6 Nipah patients; 5 had evidence of NiV RNA on >1 surface: 4 patients contaminated towels, 3 bed sheets, and 1 the bed rail. Patients with NiV RNA in oral swab samples were significantly more likely than other Nipah patients to die. To reduce the risk for fomite transmission of NiV, infection control should target hospital surfaces.
AB - Nipah virus (NiV) has been transmitted from patient to caregivers in Bangladesh presumably through oral secretions. We aimed to detect whether NiV-infected patients contaminate hospital surfaces with the virus. During December 2013-April 2014, we collected 1 swab sample from 5 surfaces near NiV-infected patients and tested surface and oral swab samples by real-time reverse transcription PCR for NiV RNA. We identified 16 Nipah patients; 12 cases were laboratory-confirmed and 4 probable. Of the 12 laboratory-confirmed cases, 10 showed NiV RNA in oral swab specimens. We obtained surface swab samples for 6 Nipah patients; 5 had evidence of NiV RNA on >1 surface: 4 patients contaminated towels, 3 bed sheets, and 1 the bed rail. Patients with NiV RNA in oral swab samples were significantly more likely than other Nipah patients to die. To reduce the risk for fomite transmission of NiV, infection control should target hospital surfaces.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2401.161758
DO - 10.3201/eid2401.161758
M3 - Article
C2 - 29260663
AN - SCOPUS:85038821679
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 24
SP - 15
EP - 21
JO - Emerging infectious diseases
JF - Emerging infectious diseases
IS - 1
ER -