Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2022)

Possible Occupational Infection of Healthcare Workers with Monkeypox Virus, Brazil

  • Richard Steiner Salvato,
  • Maria Leticia Rodrigues Ikeda,
  • Regina Bones Barcellos,
  • Fernanda Marques Godinho,
  • Patrícia Sesterheim,
  • Leticia Camiza Bulcão Bitencourt,
  • Tatiana Schäffer Gregianini,
  • Ana Beatriz Gorini da Veiga,
  • Fernando Rosado Spilki,
  • Gabriel Luz Wallau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.221343
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 12
pp. 2520 – 2523

Abstract

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We evaluated epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of monkeypox virus (MPXV) infections sampled from 2 healthcare nurses. Five days after collecting samples from an infected patient, the nurses showed typical MPXV manifestations; quantitative PCR and whole-genome sequencing confirmed MPXV infection, most likely transmitted through contact with fomites.

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