Literature DB >> 16886152

An outbreak of cadaver-acquired chickenpox in a health care setting.

Navin Paul1, Mini E Jacob.   

Abstract

The varicella-zoster virus (the chickenpox virus) is highly infectious and may affect nonimmune health care professionals. We report an outbreak of chickenpox in our hospital in which the source of infection was a cadaver. The spread of infection occurred in the course of an autopsy.

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Year:  2006        PMID： 16886152     DOI： 10.1086/506569

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Infect Dis        ISSN： 1058-4838            Impact factor:   9.079


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1.  Cut-resistant protective gloves in pathology--effective and cost-effective.

Authors:  Florian R Fritzsche; Manfred Dietel; Wilko Weichert; Ann-Christin Buckendahl
Journal:  Virchows Arch       Date:  2008-03       Impact factor: 4.064

2.  Outbreak control of hospital acquired varicella infection amongst health care workers in a tertiary care hospital.

Authors:  Harpreet Singh; Kapil H Pandya; V K Bhatti; Sumit Lathwal; M Kumar
Journal:  Med J Armed Forces India       Date:  2020-03-23

Review 3.  A Modern Perspective on Vaccinating Healthcare Service Providers in India: A Narrative Review.

Authors:  Mallavalli Surendranath; Ravi Wankhedkar; Jayesh Lele; Otavio Cintra; Shafi Kolhapure; Ashish Agrawal; Pavitra Dewda
Journal:  Infect Dis Ther       Date:  2021-11-13

4.  Containment of varicella outbreak in intensive care unit of a tertiary level hospital.

Authors:  Raman Sharma; Kapil Goyal; Nidhi Bhatia; Vikas Rana; Mini P Singh; Ashish Bhalla; Gurpreet Singh; Ashok Kumar; Kajal Jain
Journal:  J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol       Date:  2021-07-15
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