In this episode, Prof Brett Mitchell talks to Dr Carl-Johan Frankel from the Department of Infection Control, Lund University, Sweden about his recent paper examining the risk of transmission of Norovirus to roomates. Does norovirus transmit readily to other occupants? The findings may well surprise you! The paper is here: <a href='https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(21)00313-3/fulltext'>https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(21)00313-3/fulltext</a>
 
Other papers referred to:
Risk of transmission to subsequent room occupants: <a href='https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(15)00312-6/fulltext'>https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(15)00312-6/fulltext</a>
Prolonged environmental survival of small round structured viruses: <a href='https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(97)90230-9/pdf'>https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(97)90230-9/pdf</a>

Monoclonal antibodies and future IPC priorities - a chat with Jon Otter

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