Human-to-human transmission of monkeypox virus, United Kingdom, October 2018.
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
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.
Date Issued
2020-04-01
Date Acceptance
2020-04-01
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, 26 (4), pp.782-785
ISSN
1080-6040
Publisher
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Start Page
782
End Page
785
Journal / Book Title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
26
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Owner. This an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0, which permits redistribution and copy for non-commercial use, provided the original article is not altered, and the author(s) and source is credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32023204
Subjects
Monkeypox
United Kingdom
human
monkeypox virus
nosocomial
orthopoxvirus
transmission
viruses
zoonoses
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2020-04-01