The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever

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 seropositi...

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Main Authors: 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.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687845/