Monkeypox after Occupational Needlestick Injury from Pustule

Abstract

We report a case of monkeypox in a physician after an occupational needlestick injury from a pustule. This case highlights risk for occupational transmission and manifestations of the disease after percutaneous transmission: a short incubation period, followed by a solitary lesion at the injured site and later by systemic symptoms.

Keywords

• monkeypox
• monkeypox virus
• MPXV
• viruses
• needlestick injury
• emerging communicable diseases