Environmental Sampling as a Supplement for Detection of Norovirus Jan Vinjé Ph.D. Head National Calicivirus Laboratory / Director CaliciNet Division of Viral Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA, US [email protected]Annual Public Meeting – Vessel Sanitation Program – Miami, FL – June 22, 2015
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Environmental Sampling as a Supplement for Detection of Norovirus
Jan Vinjé Ph.D.Head National Calicivirus Laboratory / Director CaliciNet
Division of Viral DiseasesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Background NorovirusesDisease Burden: - Most important cause of epidemic and sporadic acute gastroenteritis
- estimated 56,000-71,000 hospitalizations and 570-800 deaths each year- #1 cause of foodborne illness in the US (‘One-a-day’)
Transmission: person to person, food and waterDiscovery virus: by electron microscopy in stool from GI outbreak in 1968 in Norwalk, OH Virus particles: non-enveloped icosahedral ~35 nm viral particlesClassification: family CaliciviridaeGenome: linear positive sense RNA of 7.4 - 7.7 kb in lengthClassification: 7 genogroups, 3 (GI, GII, GIV) including 29 genotypes infect humansAnimal model: no (chimpanzees, swine, humanized mice (?) can be infected)Prevention and : - infection control principles, (hand hygiene, limiting exposure to Control infectious individuals, and environmental decontamination)
- Virus-like particle (VLP)-based norovirus vaccine is performingpromising in clinical trials
Fiber tipped swabs o Very Easy to use, and cost effectiveo Cotton swab (health care settings)1
o Polyester swabs (food industry)2
o polyester-tipped swab for clinical sampling of influenza virus3
Use of antistatic wipes to investigate norovirus surface contamination in restaurants 4
Little information on virus sampling performance Poor translation of lab results into field sampling performance 25- 50 cm2 of test surface area in laboratory vs broad range of
surface areas in the field1 Clinical Microbiology Procedure Handbook, Vol III2 Compendium of methods for the microbiological examination of foods3 http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/specimencollection.html4 Boxman et al 2010 J of Food Protection
Effect of Drying Time on Norovirus RecoveryFrom 4 Different Swab Materials
Park et al., 2015 AEM
Size of Surface Area of Frequently touched surfaces
25.8 cm2
58.1 cm2
103.2 cm2
161.3cm2
645.2 cm2
Sink faucet handles, doorknob, and Computer mouse (206.5-258.1 cm2 )
Computer keyboard (387.1 cm2)
Surface area of toilet seat (645 cm2 )
Swab validation tests
Norovirus recovery from Different Sized Surface areas using 4 different swab
materials
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Surface area (cm2)
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Park et al., 2015 AEM
Recovery of Norovirus from Larger Surface Areas:Comparison of Macrofoam Swab with Antistatic Wipe
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Antistatic wipe
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Park et al., 2015 AEM
Detection limit of Swab sampling of Larger Sized Surface Areas
Stainless steel (645 cm2): Toilet seat (700 cm2):
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GII.4 RNA titer(10Log RNA copy #/coupon)
Swabs collected after 48 h of dryingPark et al., 2015 AEM
Validation study in the field
Presenter
Presentation Notes
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Based on
Previous VSP Ops Manual Current FDA Model Food Code WHO Guide to Ship Sanitation Extensive References
Norovirus on Cruise Ships
The Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) at CDC assists the cruise ship industry to prevent and control the introduction, transmission, and spread of gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses on cruise ships.
Presenter
Presentation Notes
VSP 2011 Operations Manual is the ship’s guide to US sanitation standards. It contains 8 chapters, 1 for each of the different areas we inspect – over 250 pages – available on internet.
Working Station for field sampling
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Sampling Surfaces in Public Areas - 1
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Sampling Surfaces in Public Areas - 2
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Sampling Surfaces in Public Areas - 3
Sampling High Contact Surfaces in Case Cabins
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Sampling High Contact Surfaces in Case Cabins
High Contact Objects in Restaurants - 1
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High Contact Objects in Restaurants - 2
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High Contact Objects in Restaurants - 3
Flow chart of final protocol for environmental surface sampling of norovirus
Use pre-moistened macrofoam swab (e.g., ENVIROMAX Puritan, Guildford, ME)
RNA extractionAdd 2 ml of UNEX buffer (Microbiologics, St Cloud, MN) plus MS2 (internal extraction control) to swab
Incubate 10 min at room temperature to lyse the virusAdd 2 ml of 100% ethanol
RNA purification and concentration: Load 4 ml of lysed sample on HiBind RNA Midi column (Omega Bio-Tek, Norcross, GA)
Concentrate 250 µl of RNA to 25 µl on RNA Clean & Concentrator ™-5 (Zymo Research, Irvine, CA)
Norovirus detection by Taqman™ realtime RT-PCR
Norovirus genotyping by sequencing
Transport swab (at 0-4°C or frozen) to laboratory within 48 hr of collecting samples
Swab inanimate surface (≤ 700 cm2) and place swab back in transport tube
Report results
Sample Area Sample Point DescriptionAverage Ct value
(# positive / total samples tested)
GenotypeNorovirus RNAcopy number per
sampled areab
Atrium Handrails 34.3 (1/2) GII 16GI cabin A toilet seat 31.4 (2/2) GII.1a 31,217GI cabin A Hand sink faucet 37.5 (1/2) GII 491GI cabin A door handle 35.0 (2/2) GII 2,675GI cabin A remote control 38.6 (2/2) GII.1a 233GI cabin B toilet seat 33.5 (2/2) GII.1a 986
Crew lounge Keyboard Surface and Mouse 36.8 (1/2) GII 80
GI Cabin C faucet and door handle 31.6 (2/2) GII.1a 26,458GI Cabin C telephone 36.4 (2/2) GII 1,035GI Cabin C keyboard 33.0 (2/2) GII 1,317
Medical center Clipboard 36.0 (2/2) GII 113
Norovirus Positive Swab Samples from surfaces on a Cruise Ship with passengers with viral gastroenteritis symptoms
a Of 17 GII positive swab samples, only four samples could be genotyped. b RNA copy numbers were estimated based on a standard curve of GII.7 RNA transcripts (Y=-(3.1±0.3) X + (39.6 ± 2.0), R2 ≥ 0.98) Park et al., 2015 AEM
Conclusions
Macrofoam swabs demonstrate highest recovery of norovirus from inanimate surfaces highest virus recovery from larger surface areas
High level of surface contamination in cabins of people with norovirus symptomso Low level of contamination of surfaces in public areas
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Presentation Notes
Are cleaning practices effective?
Passengers
Public spaces
Passengers
Public spaces
ConclusionsWide distribution of norovirus on environmental surfaces on
a cruise ships with reported norovirus symptomso 33% (8/24) (case cabins) and 13% (9/68) (common settings)
A strong association between level of environmental contamination and norovirus infection o 2-4 log norovirus titers in case cabins vs 1-2 log in common areas
Toilet seats had highest positivity rate (50%)
Data from 4 ships with norovirus outbreaks: cleaning practices / reagents need to be re-assessed