Evaluation of human-to-human transmission of monkeypox from infected patients to health care workers

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 689-694

  Fleischauer, Aaron T ^a,d   Kile, James C ^a   Davidson, Molly ^b   Fischer, Marc ^a   Karem, Kevin L ^a   Teclaw, Robert ^c   Messersmith, Hans ^c   Pontones, Pamela ^c   Beard, Bradley A ^c   Braden, Zachary H ^a   Cono, Joanne ^a   Sejvar, James J ^a   Khan, Ali S ^a   Damon, Inger ^a   Kuehnert, Matthew J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Lutheran Hospital Fort Wayne   (United States)

^c INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONKEYPOX; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

EID: 20144383134     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427805     Document Type: Article

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