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

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.

SUBMITTER: Carvalho LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9622260 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature