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. 2023 May;29(5):997–1001. doi: 10.3201/eid2905.230028

Table. Case report of occupational transmission of monkeypox virus to a healthcare worker in South Korea and literature review of healthcare-associated cases of monkeypox virus transmission during the 2022 mpox outbreak*.

Characteristics Case reports
1 2 3 4 5†   6† 7‡ 8
Country
France
Brazil
Portugal
Florida, USA
Brazil
Brazil
California, USA
South Korea
Exposure date, 2022
July
July
July
July
July
July
August
November
HCW, age/sex
25/F
20s/F
29/M
NA
NA/F
NA/F
40/F
33/F
HCW occupation
Doctor
Nurse
Doctor
Nurse
Nurse
Nurse
Doctor
Doctor
Patient source, age/sex
30/M
20s/M
NA
NA
40/M
40/M
NA
20s/F
Exposure
Type Needlestick Needlestick Needlestick Needlestick Fomites Fomites Other§ Needlestick
Site
Right thumb¶
Thumb
Left index finger
Index finger
Left ring finger
Forearm
Left middle finger
Left index finger#
PCR results
Vesicle Positive Positive Positive Positive Positive Positive Positive Positive
Oropharynx Negative Positive Negative NA NA NA NA Negative
Blood
Negative
Positive
Negative
NA
NA
NA
NA
Negative
Incubation period, d
4
5
4
10
5
5
7
3
Dissemination
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Vaccination**
Imvanex, <3 h
No
No
JYNNEOS, <15 h
No
No
No
JYNNEOS,<20 h
Isolation of HCW after symptoms, d
21
19
24
19
21
22
20
26
Tecovirimat treatment
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes, 14 d
Yes, 14 d
Major symptoms
Skin lesion(s) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lymphadenopathy No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
Other
Seropurulent fluid from wound
Fever
Fever, chills, myalgia
No
Hyperemia
Fever
Fever, cough, sore throat
Myalgia
Reference (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (9) (10) This case

*Cases 1–7 were collected from the literature; case 8 is the patient described in this report. HCW, healthcare worker; NA, not available. †Cases 5 and 6 were described in 1 report. ‡Medical history of rheumatoid arthritis, treated with etanercept. §Inadvertent contamination during specimen collection or contact with contaminated environment. ¶Puncture from 25G needle. #Puncture from 26G needle. **Postexposure prophylaxis vaccination with third-generation smallpox vaccines (JYNNEOS, also known as Imvanex; Bavarian Nordic A/S, https://www.bavarian-nordic.com) conducted within specified hours after exposure to monkeypox virus.