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| Title: | Viable mpox virus in the environment of a patient room. | Authors: | Marimuthu, Kalisvar Wong, Judith Chui Ching Lim, Poh Lian Octavia, Sophie Huan, Xiaowei Ng, Yi Kai Yang, Jun Jing Sutjipto, Stephanie Linn, Kyaw Zaw Setoh, Yin Xiang Ong, Chong Hui Clara Griffiths, Jane Farhanah, Sharifah Cheok, Thai Shawn Sulaiman, Nur Ashikin Binti Congcong, Sipaco Barbara Neves, Erica Sena Loo, Liang Hui Hakim, Luqman Sim, Shuzhen Lim, Merrill Nazeem, Mohammad Vasoo, Shawn Tham, Kwok Wai Ng, Oon Tek Ng, Lee Ching |
Keywords: | Environmental contamination Modes of transmission Mpox virus (MPXV) Surface contamination airborne transmission formite |
Issue Date: | 16-Mar-2023 | Citation: | Marimuthu, Kalisvar, Wong, Judith Chui Ching, Lim, Poh Lian, Octavia, Sophie, Huan, Xiaowei, Ng, Yi Kai, Yang, Jun Jing, Sutjipto, Stephanie, Linn, Kyaw Zaw, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Ong, Chong Hui Clara, Griffiths, Jane, Farhanah, Sharifah, Cheok, Thai Shawn, Sulaiman, Nur Ashikin Binti, Congcong, Sipaco Barbara, Neves, Erica Sena, Loo, Liang Hui, Hakim, Luqman, Sim, Shuzhen, Lim, Merrill, Nazeem, Mohammad, Vasoo, Shawn, Tham, Kwok Wai, Ng, Oon Tek, Ng, Lee Ching (2023-03-16). Viable mpox virus in the environment of a patient room.. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 131 : 40-45. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.03.016 | Abstract: | We conducted a prospective environmental surveillance study to investigate the air, surface, dust and water contamination of a room occupied by a patient infected with mpox virus (MPXV) at various stages of the illness. The patient tested positive for MPXV from a throat swab and skin lesions. Environmental sampling was conducted in a negative pressure room with 12 unidirectional HEPA air changes per hour and daily cleaning of the surfaces. A total of 179 environmental samples were collected on days 7, 8, 13, and 21 of illness. Among the days of sampling, air, surface, and dust contamination showed highest contamination rates on day 7 and 8 of illness, with a gradual decline to the lowest contamination level by day 21. Viable MPXV was isolated from surfaces and dust samples and no viable virus was isolated from the air and water samples. | Source Title: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/238783 | ISSN: | 1201-9712 1878-3511 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.03.016 |
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