ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2016
Viral Genome Sequencing Proves Nosocomial Transmission of Fatal Varicella.
Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Varicella infections in patients with end stage renal disease: a systematic review.BMC nephrology · 2018Pooled it
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- Alphaherpesvirus Genomics: Past, Present and Future.Current issues in molecular biology · 2021Review
- Personalized viral genomic investigation of herpes simplex virus 1 perinatal viremic transmission with dual fatality.Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies · 2019Article
- Myths and Misconceptions: Varicella-Zoster Virus Exposure, Infection Risks, Complications, and Treatments.Clinical therapeutics · 2019Review
- High Viral Diversity and Mixed Infections in Cerebral Spinal Fluid From Cases of Varicella Zoster Virus Encephalitis.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Molecular Aspects of Varicella-Zoster Virus Latency.Viruses · 2018Review
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- Association of visitation policy and health care-acquired respiratory viral infections in hospitalized children.American journal of infection control · 2018Article
- Targeted Genome Sequencing Reveals Varicella-Zoster Virus Open Reading Frame 12 Deletion.Journal of virology · 2017Article
- Differentiation between wild-type and vaccines strains of varicella zoster virus (VZV) based on four single nucleotide polymorphisms.Epidemiology and infection · 2017Article
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Abstract
We report the first use of whole viral genome sequencing to identify nosocomial transmission of varicella-zoster virus with fatal outcome. The index case patient, nursed in source isolation, developed disseminated zoster with rash present for 1 day before being transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU). Two patients who had received renal transplants while inpatients in an adjacent ward developed chickenpox and 1 died; neither patient had direct contact with the index patient.
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