Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2023)

Occupational Monkeypox Virus Transmission to Healthcare Worker, California, USA, 2022

  • Jemma Alarcón,
  • Moon Kim,
  • Nora Balanji,
  • Anissa Davis,
  • Francisca Mata,
  • Abraar Karan,
  • Lauren E. Finn,
  • Annette Guerrero,
  • McKailey Walters,
  • Dawn Terashita,
  • Sharon E. Balter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221750
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 2
pp. 435 – 437

Abstract

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Risk for transmission of monkeypox virus (MPXV) (clade IIb) to healthcare workers (HCWs) is low. Although many cases have been reported among HCW, only a few have been occupationally acquired. We report a case of non–needle stick MPXV transmission to an HCW in the United States.

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