In-hospital environmental surface and air contamination by monkeypox virus clade Ib in Germany
Our data show a high degree of MPXV DNA contamination in the patient's environment and suggest potentially infectious fomites. While the relation between widespread DNA contamination and actual transmission risk remains difficult to assess and needs further investigation, our findings underscore the importance of environmental cleaning and disinfection.
Authors
- Andreas Nitsche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-3176)
- Henning Gruell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0725-7138)
- Andreas Wendel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2160-4220)
- Frauke Mattner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2268-6310)
- Michael Krakau
- Janine Michel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6227-3125)
- Daniel Peter
Institutions
- Witten/Herdecke University (DE)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Krankenhaus Köln-Holweide (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Hospital Infection
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2025.11.022
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Robert Koch Institut