Transmission routes of the virus causing viral hemorrhagic fever: Extreme precautions are prudent but high-quality evidence must be gathered

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 May;40(5):608-609. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.46. Epub 2019 Mar 21.

Authors

Takuya Yamagishi¹, Kensaku Kakimoto², Ikuko Doi², Chiaki Kawakami², Tomoe Shimada¹, Tamano Matsui¹, Kazunori Oishi¹, Masayuki Saijo³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Surveillance Center,National Institute of Infectious Diseases,Tokyo,Japan.
² Field Epidemiology Training Program,National Institute of Infectious Diseases,Tokyo,Japan.
³ Department of Virology I,National Institute of Infectious Diseases,Tokyo,Japan.

PMID: 30895919
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.46

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Aerosols
Bunyaviridae Infections*
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral*
Humans
Phlebovirus*

Substances

Aerosols