Outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in immunocompromised adults on a hematology ward

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• 作者：Tomas Ostergaard Jensen ; Sacha Stelzer-Braid ; Christiana Willenborg ; Carol Cheung ; David Andresen ; William Rawlinson and Kate Clezy
• 刊名：Journal of Medical Virology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：88
• 期：10
• 页码：1827-1831
• 全文大小：210K
• ISSN：1096-9071

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We describe an outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection on a hematology ward without allogeneic stem cell transplant patients. Twelve patients and one staff member infected with RSV were identified from the laboratory database. Five patients had lower respiratory tract infection, seven had upper respiratory tract infection, one was asymptomatic, and there were two (15.4%) deaths. Most patients had overlapping periods of potential infectiousness on the ward. Sequencing was possible on eight specimens and five of these had identical sequences. Results were consistent with transmission occurring both on the ward and by introduction of RSV from the community. J. Med. Virol. 88:1827–1831, 2016.