Nosocomial dengue in health-care workers – Author's reply

Besides the usual vector-borne transmission, dengue is transmitted by atypical routes such as mucocutaneous contact with infected blood and needlestick injury.-' 'These routes are pertinent in a healthcare setting that exposes healthcare workers to the risk of acquiring nosocomial dengue,...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 371; no. 9609; p. 299
Main Author Halstead, Scott B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Ltd 2008
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Blood
Blood products
Disease transmission
Ebola virus
Emergency medical care
Fever
Health care
Hospitals
Infectious diseases
Internal Medicine
Meetings
Nosocomial infection
Nucleic acids
Vector-borne diseases
Viruses
West Nile virus
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Summary:Besides the usual vector-borne transmission, dengue is transmitted by atypical routes such as mucocutaneous contact with infected blood and needlestick injury.-' 'These routes are pertinent in a healthcare setting that exposes healthcare workers to the risk of acquiring nosocomial dengue, especially in endemic, high-viral-load regions of the developing world where standard precautions might be less adhered to. 5 Mohammed H, Stramer SL, Tomasek K, MunozJ, Linnen JM, Peterson L Prevalence of dengue virus nucleic acid in blood donors of Puerto Rico. 60th American Association of Blood Banks Annual Meeting; Anaheim, CA, USA; Oct 20-23, 2007.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60159-2