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- Title
Monkeypox Virus Transmission to Healthcare Worker through Needlestick Injury, Brazil.
- Authors
Bubach Carvalho, Laína; Casadio, Luciana V. B.; Polly, Matheus; Nastri, Ana Catharina; Turdo, Anna Cláudia; de Araujo Eliodoro, Raissa H.; Cerdeira Sabino, Ester; Levin, Anna Sara; Tonacio de Proença, Adriana Coracini; Hermes Ryoiti Higashino; Carvalho, Laína Bubach; Sabino, Ester Cerdeira; de Proença, Adriana Coracini Tonacio; Higashino, Hermes Ryoiti
- Abstract
We describe monkeypox virus (MPXV) transmission from a patient to a healthcare worker through needlestick injury. A lesion appeared at the inoculation site 5 days after injury. Blood tested MPXV-positive by PCR before symptoms worsened; blood remained MPXV-positive at discharge 19 days after symptom onset. Postexposure prophylaxis could prevent potential MPXV bloodborne transmission.
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022, Vol 28, Issue 11, p2334
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2811.221323