Serologic Evaluation of MERS Screening Strategy for Healthcare Personnel During a Hospital-Associated Outbreak

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Feb;38(2):234-238. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.251. Epub 2016 Nov 14.

Abstract

To evaluate the appropriateness of the screening strategy for healthcare personnel (HCP) during a hospital-associated Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, we performed a serologic investigation in 189 rRT-PCR-negative HCP exposed and assigned to MERS patients. Although 20%-25% of HCP experienced MERS-like symptoms, none of them showed seroconversion by plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:234-238.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Female
  • Health Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Linear Models
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Young Adult