Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2020)
Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, United Kingdom, October 2018
- Aisling Vaughan,
- Emma Aarons,
- John Astbury,
- Tim Brooks,
- Meera Chand,
- Peter Flegg,
- Angela Hardman,
- Nick Harper,
- Richard Jarvis,
- Sharon Mawdsley,
- Mark McGivern,
- Dilys Morgan,
- Gwyn Morris,
- Grainne Nixon,
- Catherine O’Connor,
- Ruth Palmer,
- Nick Phin,
- D. Ashley Price,
- Katherine Russell,
- Bengu Said,
- Matthias L. Schmid,
- Roberto Vivancos,
- Amanda Walsh,
- William Welfare,
- Jennifer Wilburn,
- Jake Dunning
Affiliations
- Aisling Vaughan
- Emma Aarons
- John Astbury
- Tim Brooks
- Meera Chand
- Peter Flegg
- Angela Hardman
- Nick Harper
- Richard Jarvis
- Sharon Mawdsley
- Mark McGivern
- Dilys Morgan
- Gwyn Morris
- Grainne Nixon
- Catherine O’Connor
- Ruth Palmer
- Nick Phin
- D. Ashley Price
- Katherine Russell
- Bengu Said
- Matthias L. Schmid
- Roberto Vivancos
- Amanda Walsh
- William Welfare
- Jennifer Wilburn
- Jake Dunning
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191164
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 26,
no. 4
pp. 782 – 785
Abstract
In September 2018, monkeypox virus was transmitted from a patient to a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom. Transmission was probably through contact with contaminated bedding. Infection control precautions for contacts (vaccination, daily monitoring, staying home from work) were implemented. Of 134 potential contacts, 4 became ill; all patients survived.
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