Outbreak of human parvovirus B19 in hospital workers.
We report an outbreak of human parvovirus B19 (HPV B19) infection affecting five nursing staff, four hospital office workers and one physiotherapist and its possible transmission between hospital staff. We investigated the presence of the virus in serum specimens using a nested PCR assay to confirm HPV B19 infection. The viral genome was detected in serum specimens from a nurse with a rash and arthralgia and from three hospital office workers with a febrile illness. The DNA sequence of the PCR products from three staff members was identical. Our findings suggest that transmission of HPV B19 between hospital staff members occurred.
Miyamoto
K
K
Department of Microbiology, Wakayama Medical College, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641-0012, Japan. kazuaki@wakayama-med.ac.jp
Ogami
M
M
Takahashi
Y
Y
Mori
T
T
Akimoto
S
S
Terashita
H
H
Terashita
T
T
D000328:Adult; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D004279:DNA, Viral