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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Sep 2022
Management of Contacts of the First Imported Monkeypox Case in Korea.
- Minjoung Shin, Ja Eun Kim, Hye Young Lee, Su-Yeon Lee, Sang-Eun Lee, Young-Joon Park, and Hyungmin Lee.
- Division of Emerging Infectious Disease, Bureau of Infectious Disease Risk Response, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, Korea.
- J. Korean Med. Sci. 2022 Sep 26; 37 (37): e285e285.
AbstractOn 22 June, a man who returned to South Korea from Germany tested positive for the monkeypox virus using real-time polymerase chain reaction. We identified 49 contacts concerning the first monkeypox case and classified them into two groups based on risk exposure levels. Through active monitoring of eight people in the medium-risk group and passive monitoring of 41 people in the low-risk group, we identified that no secondary transmission occurred over 21 days. The prompt active or passive monitoring of the index case of imported monkeypox could prevent community transmission in Korea.© 2022 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.
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