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Institutional outbreaks of rotavirus diarrhoea: potential role of fomites and environmental surfaces as vehicles for virus transmission.

The Journal of hygiene ·Vol. 96 ·No. 2 ·1986-04-00 ·Pages 277-89

Sattar SA, Lloyd-Evans N, Springthorpe VS, Nair RC

Abstract

To assess the potential of fomites and environmental surfaces as vehicles in the transmission of rotaviral diarrhoea, disks (1 cm diameter) of various porous and non-porous materials were contaminated with about 10(5) plaque-forming units of the Wa strain of human rotavirus (HRV) suspended in faecal matter. The contaminated disks were then held for 10 days at either room temperature (22 +/- 2 degrees C) or 4 degrees C with the relative humidity (RH) at the high (85 +/- 5%), medium (50 +/- 5%) or low (25 +/- 5%) level. Survival was longer on non-porous surfaces at the lower temperature and at lower humidity. In contrast, survival on porous surfaces was very variable; better on cotton-polyester than on poster card or paper currency on which HRV survived very poorly. These results suggest that under the right environmental conditions, HRV-contaminated objects could play a role in the transmission of rotavirus infections in hospitals, nursing homes and day-care centres.

MeSH Terms
Animals Canada Cell Line Clothing Cross Infection/epidemiology,microbiology Diarrhea/epidemiology,microbiology Disease Outbreaks/epidemiology,microbiology Feces/microbiology Humans Humidity Macaca mulatta Paper Rotavirus Infections/epidemiology,transmission Steel Surface Properties Temperature
Chemicals
Steel
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Sattar S A
Lloyd-Evans N
Springthorpe V S
Nair R C
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of hygiene
Abbr.
J Hyg (Lond)
ISSN
0022-1724
DOI
10.1017/s0022172400066055
Published
1986-04-00
Pages
277-89
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0375374
PMCID
PMC2129638
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400066055 PMC Full Text View journal details
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