Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Lack of mpox transmission in a long-term care facility despite widespread exposure: Kentucky, 2023.
- Journal:
- American journal of infection control
- Year:
- 2025
- Authors:
- Barger, Alexandra et al.
- Affiliation:
- Kentucky Department for Public Health
Abstract
A certified nursing assistant at a long-term care facility worked 3 shifts while infectious with monkeypox virus providing direct care to facility residents. Despite exposures and a delay of 16days from symptom onset to diagnosis and public health notification, there is no evidence of transmission. We describe details of this health care-associated exposure, public health response, situational risk factors for transmission, and discuss factors that might have contributed to the lack of transmission.
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