The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever.

• Main Authors: Nasser A Al-Hamdan (Author), Anil A Panackal (Author), Tami H Al Bassam (Author), Abdullah Alrabea (Author), Mohammed Al Hazmi (Author), Yagoub Al Mazroa (Author), Mohammed Al Jefri (Author), Ali S Khan (Author), Thomas G Ksiazek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...