A Healthcare-Associated Infection With Monkeypox Virus of a Healthcare Worker During the 2022 Outbreak
Diane Le Pluart, Mirabelle Ruyer-Thompson, Valentine Marie Ferré, Morgane Mailhé, Diane Descamps, F. Bouscarat, François-Xavier Lescure, Jean‐Christophe Lucet, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Jade Ghosn
Abstract
This article describes a case of healthcare-associated monkeypox infection in France during the 2022 outbreak. A female medical resident accidently pricked herself with a soiled subcutaneous needle used to harvest a vesicle of a patient infected by monkeypox virus and developed 4 days later a unique skin lesion, positive for monkeypox virus.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxOutbreakMedicineVirologyHealth careVirusBiologyEconomicsGeneEconomic growthRecombinant DNABiochemistryVacciniaPoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments