Family cluster of three cases of monkeypox imported from Nigeria to the United Kingdom, May 2021

Most reported cases of human monkeypox occur in Central and West Africa, where the causing virus is endemic. We describe the identification and public health response to an imported case of West African monkeypox from Nigeria to the United Kingdom (UK) in May 2021. Secondary transmission from the in...

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Autores principales: Hobson, Gemma, Adamson, James, Adler, Hugh, Firth, Richard, Gould, Susan, Houlihan, Catherine, Johnson, Christopher, Porter, David, Rampling, Tommy, Ratcliffe, Libuse, Russell, Katherine, Shankar, Ananda Giri, Wingfield, Tom
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Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2021
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8365177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34387184
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.32.2100745
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author Hobson, Gemma
Adamson, James
Adler, Hugh
Firth, Richard
Gould, Susan
Houlihan, Catherine
Johnson, Christopher
Porter, David
Rampling, Tommy
Ratcliffe, Libuse
Russell, Katherine
Shankar, Ananda Giri
Wingfield, Tom
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Adamson, James
Adler, Hugh
Firth, Richard
Gould, Susan
Houlihan, Catherine
Johnson, Christopher
Porter, David
Rampling, Tommy
Ratcliffe, Libuse
Russell, Katherine
Shankar, Ananda Giri
Wingfield, Tom
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description Most reported cases of human monkeypox occur in Central and West Africa, where the causing virus is endemic. We describe the identification and public health response to an imported case of West African monkeypox from Nigeria to the United Kingdom (UK) in May 2021. Secondary transmission from the index case occurred within the family to another adult and a toddler. Concurrent COVID-19-related control measures upon arrival and at the hospital, facilitated detection and limited the number of potential contacts.
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spelling pubmed-83651772021-08-27 Family cluster of three cases of monkeypox imported from Nigeria to the United Kingdom, May 2021 Hobson, Gemma Adamson, James Adler, Hugh Firth, Richard Gould, Susan Houlihan, Catherine Johnson, Christopher Porter, David Rampling, Tommy Ratcliffe, Libuse Russell, Katherine Shankar, Ananda Giri Wingfield, Tom Euro Surveill Rapid Communication Most reported cases of human monkeypox occur in Central and West Africa, where the causing virus is endemic. We describe the identification and public health response to an imported case of West African monkeypox from Nigeria to the United Kingdom (UK) in May 2021. Secondary transmission from the index case occurred within the family to another adult and a toddler. Concurrent COVID-19-related control measures upon arrival and at the hospital, facilitated detection and limited the number of potential contacts. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2021-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8365177/ /pubmed/34387184 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.32.2100745 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Rapid Communication
Hobson, Gemma
Adamson, James
Adler, Hugh
Firth, Richard
Gould, Susan
Houlihan, Catherine
Johnson, Christopher
Porter, David
Rampling, Tommy
Ratcliffe, Libuse
Russell, Katherine
Shankar, Ananda Giri
Wingfield, Tom
Family cluster of three cases of monkeypox imported from Nigeria to the United Kingdom, May 2021
title Family cluster of three cases of monkeypox imported from Nigeria to the United Kingdom, May 2021
title_full Family cluster of three cases of monkeypox imported from Nigeria to the United Kingdom, May 2021
title_fullStr Family cluster of three cases of monkeypox imported from Nigeria to the United Kingdom, May 2021
title_full_unstemmed Family cluster of three cases of monkeypox imported from Nigeria to the United Kingdom, May 2021
title_short Family cluster of three cases of monkeypox imported from Nigeria to the United Kingdom, May 2021
title_sort family cluster of three cases of monkeypox imported from nigeria to the united kingdom, may 2021
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8365177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34387184
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.32.2100745
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