Mumps virus outbreak related to a water pipe (narghile) shared smoking.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
; 39(10): 503-505, 2021 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
This study describes a mumps outbreak among a group of young people who shared a same narghile to smoking. Saliva and blood samples were obtained from 3 cases for RT-PCR and serology respectively.METHODS:
The notification of a mumps case started an epidemiological investigation. Information of other 6 additional symptomatic persons who had gathered with the case in a discotheque where they smoking in a same narghile was achieved. RT-PCR positive samples were genotyped by sequencing.RESULTS:
The 7 patients resided in 3 different municipalities, and they do not have get together for more than a month until the meeting in the discotheque. Four cases were confirmed by RT-PCR and/or IgM determinations. The genomic investigation showed identical nucleic sequences.CONCLUSIONS:
This outbreak is consequence of the common use of a narghile to smoking. The public usage of these water pipes should be regulated.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fumar en Pipa de Agua
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Pipas de Agua
Límite:
Adolescent
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article