Monitoring healthcare professionals after monkeypox exposure: Experience from the first case imported to Asia

Abstract

resolution that banned over-the-counter sales of antimicrobials in drugstores. That measure, focusing on outpatients, was not likely to succeed in controlling CRE spread in hospitals. Nevertheless, there was a substantial decrease in antimicrobial sales in private drugstores in response to public opinion. 10 The extent to which this decrease has influenced or will influence antimicrobial resistance is a matter for further research. We did not perform quantitative or qualitative analysis of press articles content. Those approaches were beyond our scope, but they open interesting venues for investigation. The Brazilian case shed lights on the press media and public response to epidemiologically complex issues, such as HAIs and AMR. It also reinforces the importance of public communication for the practice of healthcare epidemiology. Messages to the general public must be delivered in clear, objective language and with evidence-grounded information. If we avoid negligence and panic, public awareness can support effective interventions for infection prevention and control. Acknowledgments. Partial results of this study were presented (among other studies) in P.Z.A.C. doctoral thesis in the Postgraduate Program in Tropical Infections,

Clinical features, hospitalisation and deaths associated with monkeypox: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Initial observations from imported cases [46,[63][64][65][66], confirmed by this systematic review, suggest that monkeypox's clinical presentation and evolution would differ from the findings of African studies before 2022 and the publications in non-endemic European countries. This review confirms that rash with pruritus, fever, and lymphadenopathy are critical clinical findings, but now, in connection with the potential sexual transmission or transmission due to close contact during sex, is associated more in the 2022 outbreak with rash in the pelvic area and groins (75%) compared to its frequency in African patients (30%).…”

Prevention, Risk Exposure, and Knowledge of Monkeypox in Occupational Settings: A Scoping Review

“…Among the 699 confirmed cases, six confirmed cases of monkeypox among HCWs represented a proportion of 0.9% (range of 0.3–3.1% by year), yielding an estimated annual HCW incidence rate of 17.4/10,000, which is much more elevated than that of the general population. In more recent studies conducted in high-income countries [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ], several HCWs were identified as contacts, but most were classified as low risk. Notably, three studies reported monkeypox cases during the COVID-19 pandemic and no secondary occupational infection was reported following the active surveillance.…”

“…Outpatient settings should also be provided, with adequate PPE given the current manifestations of the disease. Post-exposure vaccinations can be given with the available variola vaccines (VARV), ideally within four days of the exposure and up to fourteen days past exposure [ 19 , 20 , 24 ].…”

“… Koenig 2022 [ 28 ] USA Editorial Preventive measures in healthcare settings A tool, 3I (identify, isolate, inform), was presented to manage patients with suspected and confirmed monkeypox. Kyaw 2020 [ 20 ] Singapore Case report Risk of contagion in healthcare settings and preventive measures after exposure The level of exposure to a monkeypox patient was investigated through telephonic interviews and contact tracing. A total of 27 HCWs were identified to have had close contact, as defined by direct contact with the patient himself or the patient’s surroundings, contact with the patient’s linens, or contact with the patient’s specimens in the lab.…”

Current and Perspective Sensing Methods for Monkeypox Virus

“…Rodents likely harbor the virus [ 5 ], leading to spillover events. The case of human infection by MPXV was first reported in humans in in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1970 [ 6 ]. The transmission of MPXV from animals to humans may occur by direct or indirect contact with infected organisms (live or dead), while close contact with symptomatic cases is thought to be the main human-to-human transmission mode [ 5 ].…”