Very low risk of monkeypox among staff and students after exposure to a confirmed case in educational settings, England, May to July 2022

We investigated a secondary school (11–16 year-olds), a primary school (5–11 year-olds), reception year (4–5 year-olds) and a nursery (2–5 year-olds) following confirmed monkeypox in an adult in each educational setting during June and July 2022. MVA-BN vaccine was offered up to 14 days post exposur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ladhani, Shamez N, Aiano, Felicity, Edwards, David S, Perkins, Samantha, Khan, Wazirzada M, Iyanger, Nalini, Whittaker, Elizabeth, Cohen, Jonathan M, Ho, David, Hopkins, Susan, Ramsay, Mary E, Chow, J Yimmy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2022
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9540521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36205169
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.40.2200734
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Sumario:We investigated a secondary school (11–16 year-olds), a primary school (5–11 year-olds), reception year (4–5 year-olds) and a nursery (2–5 year-olds) following confirmed monkeypox in an adult in each educational setting during June and July 2022. MVA-BN vaccine was offered up to 14 days post exposure to 186 children < 12 years and 21 were vaccinated. No secondary cases occurred among at least 340 exposed students and more than 100 exposed staff during the 28-day follow-up period.

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