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

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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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2023-05, Vol.29 (5), p.997-1001
Hauptverfasser: Choi, Yunsang, Jeon, Eun-Bi, Kim, Taeyoung, Choi, Seong Jin, Moon, Song Mi, Song, Kyoung-Ho, Kim, Hong Bin, Kim, Eu Suk
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Bacterial infections
Care and treatment
Case Report and Literature Review of Occupational Transmission of Monkeypox Virus to Healthcare Workers, South Korea
Case reports
Development and progression
Diagnosis
Disease control
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Dispatch
Dosage and administration
Drug dosages
Expedited
Health aspects
Health care
Health Personnel
healthcare
healthcare worker patient transmission
Hospitals
Human monkeypox
Humans
Immunization
Infection
Infections
Infectious diseases
Literature reviews
Medical personnel
Monkeypox virus
Mpox
Mpox (monkeypox) - diagnosis
Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology
Needlestick Injuries
Pain
Patients
Prevention
Public health
Republic of Korea - epidemiology
Smallpox
Smallpox Vaccine
Vaccines
viruses
Workers
zoonoses
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2905.230028