Possible Occupational Infection of Healthcare Workers with Monkeypox Virus, Brazil
Richard Steiner Salvato, Maria Letícia Rodrigues Ikeda, Regina Bones Barcellos, Fernanda Marques de Souza Godinho, Patrícia Sesterheim, Leticia Camiza Bulcão Bitencourt, Tatiana Schäffer Gregianini, Ana Beatriz Gorini da Veiga, Fernando Rosado Spilki, Gabriel Luz Wallau
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxVirologyMedicineHealth careBiologyGeneGeneticsVacciniaRecombinant DNAEconomicsEconomic growthPoxvirus research and outbreaksHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsBacillus and Francisella bacterial research