Airbone transmission hMPV and HcoV in Córdoba, Argentina. The challenge is to analyze fomites

RODRIGUEZ PAMELA; OTTAGLI EMILIA; GHIETTO LUCÍA MARÍA; FRUTOS CELIA; CUFFINI CECILIA; JORGE CAMARA; ADAMO MARÍA PILAR; ALICIA CAMARA

Salta

Simposio; III Simposio Latinoamericano de Virología Ambiental; 2016

Universidad Nacional de Salta

Respiratory viral infections have a strong impact on public health. Even mild infections gets worse, as the infected continues its normal life at work, school and shopping. In these large spaces, added cold and large groups of people, the infection is transmitted to their contacts, infecting vulnerable patients who may develop severe morbidity and mortality. Airborne transmission from person to person through droplets of Flügge is efficient and the most investigated. The aim is to detect the prevalence of Respiratory virus and investigate other routes of airborne transmission. The first stage is the prevalence found in our study by RT-PCR in 2011 and 2012 for hMPV is: 39% and 47%, and HCoV is: 3.72% and 2.74% respectively.Some Flügge droplets are suspended in the air and other precipitate on surfaces generating fómites such as utensils, countertops, keyboards, toys, handrails. While in the second stage, our challenge is to obtain air samples dissolved in solutions, concentrate them and detect viral load. The diagnosis of respiratory virus and the investigation of its aereal transmission is an optimal control strategy for biosafety in the healing of public places.