Case Report and Literature Review of Occupational Transmission of Monkeypox Virus to Healthcare Workers, South Korea

We report a case of occupational monkeypox virus infection from a needlestick injury in a healthcare worker in South Korea and review similar reports in the literature during 2022. Postexposure prophylactic treatment with a third-generation smallpox vaccine and antiviral agent tecovirimat inhibited...

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Autores principales: Choi, Yunsang, Jeon, Eun-bi, Kim, Taeyoung, Choi, Seong Jin, Moon, Song Mi, Song, Kyoung-Ho, Kim, Hong Bin, Kim, Eu Suk
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10124634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36856759
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2905.230028
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author Choi, Yunsang
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Kim, Eu Suk
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description We report a case of occupational monkeypox virus infection from a needlestick injury in a healthcare worker in South Korea and review similar reports in the literature during 2022. Postexposure prophylactic treatment with a third-generation smallpox vaccine and antiviral agent tecovirimat inhibited local virus spread and alleviated lesion pain.
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spelling pubmed-101246342023-05-01 Case Report and Literature Review of Occupational Transmission of Monkeypox Virus to Healthcare Workers, South Korea Choi, Yunsang Jeon, Eun-bi Kim, Taeyoung Choi, Seong Jin Moon, Song Mi Song, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Eu Suk Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a case of occupational monkeypox virus infection from a needlestick injury in a healthcare worker in South Korea and review similar reports in the literature during 2022. Postexposure prophylactic treatment with a third-generation smallpox vaccine and antiviral agent tecovirimat inhibited local virus spread and alleviated lesion pain. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10124634/ /pubmed/36856759 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2905.230028 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Choi, Yunsang
Jeon, Eun-bi
Kim, Taeyoung
Choi, Seong Jin
Moon, Song Mi
Song, Kyoung-Ho
Kim, Hong Bin
Kim, Eu Suk
Case Report and Literature Review of Occupational Transmission of Monkeypox Virus to Healthcare Workers, South Korea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10124634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36856759
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2905.230028
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