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ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2025

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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Article in American journal of infection control, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alexandra BargerCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, Kentucky Department for Public Health, Frankfort, KY. Electronic address: ohv3@cdc.gov.
Jennifer DuncanDivision of Epidemiology and Health Planning, Kentucky Department for Public Health, Frankfort, KY.
Dalen TraoreDivision of Epidemiology and Health Planning, Kentucky Department for Public Health, Frankfort, KY.
Mattheus SmitDivision of Epidemiology and Health Planning, Kentucky Department for Public Health, Frankfort, KY.
Douglas ThoroughmanCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, Kentucky Department for Public Health, Frankfort, KY.
Kathleen WinterDivision of Epidemiology and Health Planning, Kentucky Department for Public Health, Frankfort, KY.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

Cross InfectionMpox, MonkeypoxAgedFemaleHumansKentuckyLong-Term CareMaleMonkeypox virusNursing AssistantsNursing HomesRisk FactorsHealthcare-associated infectionHospital epidemiologyMonkeypox virus

Identifiers

PMID39875056
PMCPMC12167686

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