Lack of mpox transmission in a long-term care facility despite widespread exposure: Kentucky, 2023

Alexandra Barger; Jennifer Duncan; Dalen Traore; Mattheus Smit; Douglas Thoroughman; Kathleen Winter

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2025.01.016

Lack of mpox transmission in a long-term care facility despite widespread exposure: Kentucky, 2023

Alexandra Barger, Jennifer Duncan, Dalen Traore, Mattheus Smit, Douglas Thoroughman, Kathleen Winter

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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 16 days 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	797-798
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	53
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2025.01.016
State	Published - Jul 2025

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Keywords

Healthcare-associated infection
Hospital epidemiology
Monkeypox virus

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Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Lack of mpox transmission in a long-term care facility despite widespread exposure: Kentucky, 2023

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