Monkeypox Virus Transmission to Healthcare Worker through Needlestick Injury, Brazil
Laína Bubach Carvalho, Luciana Vilas Boas Casadio, Matheus Polly, Ana Catharina de Seixas Santos Nastri, Anna Cláudia Turdo, Raissa Heloísa de Araújo Eliodoro, Éster Cerdeira Sabino, Anna S. Levin, Adriana Coracini Tonacio de Proença, Hermes Ryoiti Higashino
Abstract
We describe monkeypox virus (MPXV) transmission from a patient to a healthcare worker through needlestick injury. A lesion appeared at the inoculation site 5 days after injury. Blood tested MPXV-positive by PCR before symptoms worsened; blood remained MPXV-positive at discharge 19 days after symptom onset. Postexposure prophylaxis could prevent potential MPXV bloodborne transmission.
Topics & Concepts
Needlestick injuryMonkeypoxTransmission (telecommunications)MedicineVirologyEmergency medicineHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)BiologyVacciniaGeneBiochemistryRecombinant DNAElectrical engineeringEngineeringPoxvirus research and outbreaksHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsBacillus and Francisella bacterial research