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Evaluation of Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox from Infected Patients to Health Care Workers
Author(s) -
Aaron T. Fleischauer,
James C. Kile,
M. Davidson,
Marc Fischer,
Kevin L. Karem,
Robert Teclaw,
Hans Messersmith,
Pamela Pontones,
B. A. Beard,
Zachary Braden,
Joanne Cono,
James J. Sejvar,
Amir Sada Khan,
Inger K. Damon,
Matthew J. Kuehnert
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/427805
Subject(s) - monkeypox , medicine , orthopoxvirus , smallpox , outbreak , transmission (telecommunications) , virology , vaccination , vaccinia , biology , biochemistry , engineering , gene , electrical engineering , recombinant dna
In 2003, human monkeypox was first identified in the United States. The outbreak was associated with exposure to infected prairie dogs, but the potential for person-to-person transmission was a concern. This study examines health care worker (HCW) exposure to 3 patients with confirmed monkeypox.

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