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

Mary Wilson

Well-known member
Early release
Volume 29, Number 5—May 2023

https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2905.230028

Yunsang Choi, Eun-bi Jeon, Taeyoung Kim, Seong Jin Choi, Song Mi Moon, Kyoung-Ho Song, Hong Bin Kim, and Eu Suk Kim

Abstract

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.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/5/23-0028_article
 
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