Inadvertent Platelet Transfusion from Monkeypox Virus-Infected Donor to Recipient, Thailand, 2023

Authors :: Puenpa, Jiratchaya
Intharasongkroh, Duangnapa
Vongpunsawad, Sompong
Chaiwanichsiri, Dootchai
Poovorawan, Yong
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. March, 2024, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p603, 3 p.
Publication Year :: 2024
Abstract: Monkeypox virus (MPXV), a double-stranded DNA virus that primarily infects rodents in sub-Saharan Africa, causes mpox disease. MPXV is a member of the genus Orthopoxvirus in the family Poxviridae. MPXV [...]

Subjects :: Human monkeypox -- Case studies -- Risk factors
Blood platelets -- Transfusion
Disease transmission -- Case studies -- Risk factors
Blood donors -- Case studies -- Complications and side effects
Health

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