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. 2019 Feb 21;24(3):169–176. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2019.01.003

Table 2.

Vignette 2.

In September 2018 a UK healthcare worker contracted monkeypox after caring for a patient with the disease prior to diagnosis. In a Eurosurveillance report (add in ref) about the case, public health officials said that some HCWs had been exposed as they were not wearing optimal personal protective equipment.