Depledge DP, Brown J, Macanovic J, Underhill G, Breuer J. Viral Genome Sequencing Proves Nosocomial Transmission of Fatal Varicella.
J Infect Dis 2016;
214:1399-1402. [PMID:
27571904 PMCID:
PMC5079377 DOI:
10.1093/infdis/jiw398]
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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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