@article{e916f06dda774243afa4829142d0252a,
title = "The Risk of Nosocomial Transmission of Rift Valley Fever",
abstract = "In 2000, we investigated the Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak on the Arabian Peninsula—the first outside Africa—and the risk of nosocomial transmission. In a cross-sectional design, during the peak of the epidemic at its epicenter, we found four (0.6%) of 703 healthcare workers (HCWs) IgM seropositive but all with only community-associated exposures. Standard precautions are sufficient for HCWs exposed to known RVF patients, in contrast to other viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) such as Ebola virus disease (EVD) in which the route of transmission differs. Suspected VHF in which the etiology is uncertain should be initially managed with the most cautious infection control measures.",
author = "Al-Hamdan, {Nasser A.} and Panackal, {Anil A.} and {Al Bassam}, {Tami H.} and Abdullah Alrabea and {Al Hazmi}, Mohammed and {Al Mazroa}, Yagoub and {Al Jefri}, Mohammed and Khan, {Ali S.} and Ksiazek, {Thomas G.}",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: This research was supported in part (decision to publish and preparation of manuscript) by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NIAID and King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the funders had no role in study design or data collection and analysis. Funding Information: This research was supported in part (decision to publish and preparation of manuscript) by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NIAID and King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the funders had no role in study design or data collection and analysis. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Song et al.",
year = "2015",
month = dec,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pntd.0004314",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "9",
journal = "PLoS neglected tropical diseases",
issn = "1935-2727",
publisher = "Public Library of Science",
number = "12",
}