Project description:Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic disease; primary infections are reported from remote forest areas of Central and West Africa. We report an investigation of a monkeypox outbreak in Lobaye, southwest Central African Republic, in October 2018.

| S-EPMC6649310 | biostudies-literature

Two individuals with potential monkeypox virus reinfection.

Project description: Not available

| S-EPMC10079276 | biostudies-literature

Monkeypox Virus Transmission to Healthcare Worker through Needlestick Injury, Brazil.

Project description: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.

| S-EPMC9622260 | biostudies-literature

Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, United Kingdom, October 2018.

Project description: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.

| S-EPMC7101111 | biostudies-literature

Emerging Monkeypox Virus Sublineage C.1 Causing Community Transmission, Vietnam, 2023.

Project description:We studied a community cluster of 25 mpox cases in Vietnam caused by emerging monkeypox virus sublineage C.1 and imported into Vietnam through 2 independent events; 1 major cluster carried a novel APOBEC3-like mutation. Three patients died; all had advanced HIV co-infection. Viral evolution and its potential consequences should be closely monitored.

| S-EPMC11521191 | biostudies-literature