Possible Occupational Infection of Healthcare Workers with Monkeypox Virus, Brazil

Possible Occupational Infection of Healthcare Workers with Monkeypox Virus, Brazil

We evaluated epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of monkeypox virus (MPXV) infections sampled from 2 healthcare nurses. Five days after collecting samples from an infected patient, the nurses showed typical MPXV manifestations; quantitative PCR and whole-genome sequencing confirmed MPXV inf...

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Main Authors: Richard Steiner Salvato, Maria Leticia Rodrigues Ikeda, Regina Bones Barcellos, Fernanda Marques Godinho, Patrícia Sesterheim, Leticia Camiza Bulcão Bitencourt, Tatiana Schäffer Gregianini, Ana Beatriz Gorini da Veiga, Fernando Rosado Spilki, Gabriel Luz Wallau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
monkeypox
fomites
healthcare personnel
patient interactions
infections
zoonoses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/12/22-1343_article

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