Monkeypox Virus Transmission to Healthcare Worker through Needlestick Injury, Brazil

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...

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Autores principales: Carvalho, Laína Bubach, Casadio, Luciana V.B., Polly, Matheus, Nastri, Ana Catharina, Turdo, Anna Cláudia, de Araujo Eliodoro, Raissa H., Sabino, Ester Cerdeira, Levin, Anna Sara, de Proença, Adriana Coracini Tonacio, Higashino, Hermes Ryoiti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36121391
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.221323

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36121391
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.221323

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