Possible Occupational Infection of Healthcare Workers with Monkeypox Virus, Brazil
Richard Steiner Salvato
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, Maria Leticia Rodrigues Ikeda, Regina Bones Barcellos, Fernanda Marques Godinho, Patrícia Sesterheim, Leticia Camiza Bulcão Bitencourt, Tatiana Schäffer Gregianini, Ana Beatriz Gorini da Veiga, Fernando Rosado Spilki, and Gabriel Luz Wallau
Author affiliations: Secretaria Estadual da Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (R. Steiner Salvato, M.L. Rodrigues Ikeda, R. Bones Barcellos, F. Marques Godinho, P. Sesterheim, T. Schäffer Gregianini); Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul (M.L. Rodrigues Ikeda, L.C. Bulcão Bitencourt); Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sull (A.B. Gorini da Veiga); Universidade Feevale Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul (F. Rosado Spilki); Instituto Aggeu Magalhães (IAM), FIOCRUZ-PE, Recife, Brazil (G.L. Wallau); National Reference Center for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Hamburg, Germany (G.L. Wallau)
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![Timeline of monkeypox patient illness, HCW visit to the patient’s home, and subsequent HCW illness, Brazil, 2022. HCW, healthcare worker; MPXV, monkeypox virus.](/eid/images/22-1343-F1.jpg)
Figure 1. Timeline of monkeypox patient illness, HCW visit to the patient’s home, and subsequent HCW illness, Brazil, 2022. HCW, healthcare worker; MPXV, monkeypox virus.
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