Abstract
Patients with zoster are considered to be less contagious than varicella patients because their infection is localised. It is not known, however, when and for how long a spread of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) from a zoster patient begins and continues and the extent of virus spread from the patient. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect VZV DNA in samples obtained from the hands and throat of a patient with zoster and from her room environments including surfaces of the back of a chair, the door handle, the table and the air conditioner filter. VZV DNA was detected on the surfaces of the back of the seat and the table and in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and serum on Day 4 of the illness. VZV DNAemia persisted for 4 days until Day 7 of the illness. It was also detected in samples collected from throat and the air conditioner filter on Days 6 and 7 of the illness respectively. All of the surfaces, that were examined in her home environment, were contaminated with VZV DNA by Day 7 of the illness. The present study showed rapid and wide spread of VZV DNA in the environment even from a patient with zoster. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 64-66 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Virology |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01-01-2001 |
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- Infectious Diseases
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Rapid contamination of the environments with varicella-zoster virus DNA from a patient with herpes zoster. / Yoshikawa, Tetsushi; Ihira, Masaru; Suzuki, Kyoko; Suga, Sadao; Tomitaka, Akiko; Ueda, Hiroshi; Asano, Yoshizo.
In: Journal of Medical Virology, Vol. 63, No. 1, 01.01.2001, p. 64-66.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Rapid contamination of the environments with varicella-zoster virus DNA from a patient with herpes zoster
AU - Yoshikawa, Tetsushi
AU - Ihira, Masaru
AU - Suzuki, Kyoko
AU - Suga, Sadao
AU - Tomitaka, Akiko
AU - Ueda, Hiroshi
AU - Asano, Yoshizo
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - Patients with zoster are considered to be less contagious than varicella patients because their infection is localised. It is not known, however, when and for how long a spread of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) from a zoster patient begins and continues and the extent of virus spread from the patient. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect VZV DNA in samples obtained from the hands and throat of a patient with zoster and from her room environments including surfaces of the back of a chair, the door handle, the table and the air conditioner filter. VZV DNA was detected on the surfaces of the back of the seat and the table and in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and serum on Day 4 of the illness. VZV DNAemia persisted for 4 days until Day 7 of the illness. It was also detected in samples collected from throat and the air conditioner filter on Days 6 and 7 of the illness respectively. All of the surfaces, that were examined in her home environment, were contaminated with VZV DNA by Day 7 of the illness. The present study showed rapid and wide spread of VZV DNA in the environment even from a patient with zoster. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
AB - Patients with zoster are considered to be less contagious than varicella patients because their infection is localised. It is not known, however, when and for how long a spread of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) from a zoster patient begins and continues and the extent of virus spread from the patient. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect VZV DNA in samples obtained from the hands and throat of a patient with zoster and from her room environments including surfaces of the back of a chair, the door handle, the table and the air conditioner filter. VZV DNA was detected on the surfaces of the back of the seat and the table and in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and serum on Day 4 of the illness. VZV DNAemia persisted for 4 days until Day 7 of the illness. It was also detected in samples collected from throat and the air conditioner filter on Days 6 and 7 of the illness respectively. All of the surfaces, that were examined in her home environment, were contaminated with VZV DNA by Day 7 of the illness. The present study showed rapid and wide spread of VZV DNA in the environment even from a patient with zoster. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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U2 - 10.1002/1096-9071(200101)63:1<64::AID-JMV1009>3.0.CO;2-6
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VL - 63
SP - 64
EP - 66
JO - Journal of Medical Virology
JF - Journal of Medical Virology
SN - 0146-6615
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