TY - JOUR AU - Breakwell, Lucy AU - Pringle, Kimberly AU - Chea, Nora AU - Allen, Donna AU - Allen, Steve AU - Richards, Shawn AU - Pantones, Pam AU - Sandoval, Michelle AU - Liu, Lixia AU - Vernon, Michael AU - Conover, Craig AU - Chugh, Rashmi AU - DeMaria, Alfred AU - Burns, Rachel AU - Smole, Sandra AU - Gerber, Susan AU - Cohen, Nicole J AU - Kuhar, David AU - Haynes, Lia AU - Schneider, Eileen AU - Kumar, Alan AU - Kapoor, Minal AU - Madrigal, Marlene AU - Swerdlow, David AU - Feikin, Daniel T1 - Lack of Transmission among Close Contacts of Patient with Case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Imported into the United States, 2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 7 SP - 1128 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In May 2014, a traveler from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was the first person identified with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the United States. To evaluate transmission risk, we determined the type, duration, and frequency of patient contact among health care personnel (HCP), household, and community contacts by using standard questionnaires and, for HCP, global positioning system (GPS) tracer tag logs. Respiratory and serum samples from all contacts were tested for MERS-CoV. Of 61 identified contacts, 56 were interviewed. HCP exposures occurred most frequently in the emergency department (69%) and among nurses (47%); some HCP had contact with respiratory secretions. Household and community contacts had brief contact (e.g., hugging). All laboratory test results were negative for MERS-CoV. This contact investigation found no secondary cases, despite case-patient contact by 61 persons, and provides useful information about MERS-CoV transmission risk. Compared with GPS tracer tag recordings, self-reported contact may not be as accurate. KW - Middle East respiratory syndrome KW - MERS-CoV KW - coronavirus KW - contact tracing KW - infection control KW - United States KW - viruses KW - transmission KW - imported case KW - global positioning system tracer tags KW - self-reporting KW - contact KW - exposure DO - 10.3201/eid2107.150054 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/7/15-0054_article ER - End of Reference