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A Healthcare-Associated Infection With Monkeypox Virus of a Healthcare Worker During the 2022 Outbreak

Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2022) 9(10)
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac520
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This article describes a case of healthcare-associated monkeypox infection in France during the 2022 outbreak. A female medical resident accidently pricked herself with a soiled subcutaneous needle used to harvest a vesicle of a patient infected by monkeypox virus and developed 4 days later a unique skin lesion, positive for monkeypox virus.

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Le Pluart, D., Ruyer-Thompson, M., Ferré, V. M., Mailhe, M., Descamps, D., Bouscarat, F., … Ghosn, J. (2022). A Healthcare-Associated Infection With Monkeypox Virus of a Healthcare Worker During the 2022 Outbreak. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(10). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac520

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