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

Vaughan, Aisling; Aarons, Emma; Astbury, John; Brooks, Tim; Chand, Meera; J Flegg, P; Hardman, Angela; Harper, Nick; Jarvis, Richard; Mawdsley, Sharon; McGivern, Mark; Morgan, Dilys; Morris, G.E.L.; Nixon, Grainne; OʼConnor, Catherine; Palmer, Ruth; Phin, Nick; Price, David; Russell, Katherine; Said, Bengü; L. Schmid, Matthias; Vivancos, Roberto; L. Walsh, Amanda; Welfare, William; Wilburn, Jennifer; Dunning, Jake

doi:10.3201/eid2604.191164

Public

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

Published in Emerging infectious diseases • Feb 5, 2020

Authors:

Aisling Vaughan

Emma Aarons

John Astbury

Abstract

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...

Subject

Monkeypox

Transmission (telecommunications)

Virology

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!