Author: Jeong, Hye Won; Heo, Jung Yeon; Kim, Hyung-Woo; Choi, Young Ki; Song, Min-Sok; Bin Seo, Yu; Lee, Jacob
Title: Persistent Environmental Contamination and Prolonged Viral Shedding in MERS Patients During MERS-CoV Outbreak in South Korea Document date: 2015_12_9
ID: 6iizw8pb_3
Snippet: Result. Environmental surfaces of MERS patient's room including many points frequently touched by patients or healthcare workers were contaminated by MERS-CoV. Also in anterooms, medical devices and air-ventilating equipment, the MERS-CoV RNA was detected. In addition, we could isolate the MERS-CoV in bedsheets, bedrails, IV fluid hangers and x-ray devices. During the late clinical phase of MERS, viable virus could be isolated in 3 of the 4 enrol.....
Document: Result. Environmental surfaces of MERS patient's room including many points frequently touched by patients or healthcare workers were contaminated by MERS-CoV. Also in anterooms, medical devices and air-ventilating equipment, the MERS-CoV RNA was detected. In addition, we could isolate the MERS-CoV in bedsheets, bedrails, IV fluid hangers and x-ray devices. During the late clinical phase of MERS, viable virus could be isolated in 3 of the 4 enrolled patients on day 18 to day 27 after symptom onset. In environmental specimens (bed controller and thermometer), PCR positivity persisted until the 5th day from the last positive PCR of patient's respiratory specimen.
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