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. 2023 Jul:137:86-88.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.03.026. Epub 2023 Apr 27.

Persistence of infectious mpox virus on the surfaces of isolation ward in a hospital setting, India

R R Sahay  1 , V Relhan  2 , A M Shete  1 , D Y Patil  1 , L P Kumar  2 , A Kaur  2 , T Majumdar  1 , D Agarwal  2 , P Gawande  1 , G Lalmuanpuii  2 , J Yemul  1 , A Bahadur  2 , P Vedpathak  1 , A Guglani  2 , P Gowda  2 , D Mali  1 , H Dighe  1 , P Sarkale  1 , A Kumar  2 , R Jain  1 , B Sahoo  2 , S Kumar  2 , P D Yadav  3
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Persistence of infectious mpox virus on the surfaces of isolation ward in a hospital setting, India

R R Sahay et al. J Hosp Infect. 2023 Jul.
No abstract available

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The layout of mpox isolation ward and surface sampling.
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Comment on

  • Longitudinal mpox virus surface sampling in an outpatient setting.
    Atkinson B, Spencer A, Onianwa O, Furneaux J, Grieves J, Nicholls I, Gould S, Fletcher T, Dunning J, Bennett AM, Patel S, Asboe D, Whitlock G. Atkinson B, et al. J Hosp Infect. 2023 May;135:196-198. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.02.007. Epub 2023 Feb 24. J Hosp Infect. 2023. PMID: 36842538 No abstract available.

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