1887
  1. Home
  2. Eurosurveillance
  3. Volume 26, Issue 32, 12/Aug/2021
  4. Article
Rapid communication Open Access
Like 0
Download

Abstract

Most reported cases of human monkeypox occur in Central and West Africa, where the causing virus is endemic. We describe the identification and public health response to an imported case of West African monkeypox from Nigeria to the United Kingdom (UK) in May 2021. Secondary transmission from the index case occurred within the family to another adult and a toddler. Concurrent COVID-19-related control measures upon arrival and at the hospital, facilitated detection and limited the number of potential contacts.

© Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.32.2100745
2021-08-12
2024-12-22
/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.32.2100745
Loading
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/deliver/fulltext/eurosurveillance/26/32/eurosurv-26-32-1.html?itemId=/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.32.2100745&mimeType=html&fmt=ahah

References

  1. Foster SO, Brink EW, Hutchins DL, Pifer JM, Lourie B, Moser CR, et al. Human monkeypox. Bull World Health Organ. 1972;46(5):569-76. PMID: 4340216 
  2. World Health Organization (WHO). Monkeypox key facts. Geneva: WHO; 2019. Available from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/monkeypox
  3. World Health Organization (WHO). Disease outbreak news: Monkeypox - the United States of America. Geneva: WHO; 2021. Available from: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/monkeypox---the-united-states-of-america
  4. Department for Transport and Department of Health and Social Care. Guidance: Red, amber and green list rules for entering England. London: GOV.UK; 2021. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-amber-and-green-list-rules-for-entering-england#history
  5. Public Health England (PHE). COVID-19: guidance for maintaining services within health and care settings. Infection prevention and control recommendations version 1.2. London: PHE; 2021. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control#history
  6. World Health Organization (WHO). International health regulations. Geneva: WHO; 2005. Available from: http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/9789241596664/en/
  7. Public Health England (PHE). Guidance monkeypox. The epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis and management of monkeypox virus infections. London: PHE; 2018. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/monkeypox
  8. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Monkeypox factsheet. Abuja: NCDC; 2019. Available from: https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/info/M
  9. Reynolds MG, Yorita KL, Kuehnert MJ, Davidson WB, Huhn GD, Holman RC, et al. Clinical manifestations of human monkeypox influenced by route of infection. J Infect Dis. 2006;194(6):773-80.  https://doi.org/10.1086/505880  PMID: 16941343 
  10. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). An update of monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria for week 21. Abuja: NCDC; 2021. Available from: https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=8&name=An%20Update%20of%20Monkeypox%20Outbreak%20in%20Nigeria
  11. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Monekypox factsheet. Stockholm: ECDC; 2019. Available from: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/all-topics-z/monkeypox/factsheet-health-professionals
  12. Petersen E, Kantele A, Koopmans M, Asogun D, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Ihekweazu C, et al. Human monkeypox: epidemiologic and clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and prevention. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2019;33(4):1027-43.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2019.03.001  PMID: 30981594 
  13. Yinka-Ogunleye A, Aruna O, Ogoina D, Aworabhi N, Eteng W, Badaru S, et al. Reemergence of human monkeypox in Nigeria, 2017. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018;24(6):1149-51.  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.180017  PMID: 29619921 
  14. Beer EM, Rao VB. A systematic review of the epidemiology of human monkeypox outbreaks and implications for outbreak strategy. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(10):e0007791.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007791  PMID: 31618206 
  15. Nguyen PY, Ajisegiri WS, Costantino V, Chughtai AA, MacIntyre CR. Reemergence of human monkeypox and declining population immunity in the context of urbanization, Nigeria, 2017-2020. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(4):1007-14.  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.203569  PMID: 33756100 
Submit comment
Close
Comment moderation successfully completed
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error