Needle-Stick Injury Caused by a Patient With Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Korea

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Mar;37(3):368-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.322. Epub 2016 Jan 7.

Authors

Se Yoon Park¹, Sung-Han Kim¹, Sun-Whan Park², Eun Byeol Wang², Won Ja Lee², Youngmee Jee², WooYoung Choi²

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Infectious Disease,Asan Medical Center,University of Ulsan College of Medicine,Seoul,Republic of Korea.
² 2Division of Arboviruses,National Institute of Health,Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,Choungcheonbuk-do,Republic of Korea.

PMID: 26739125
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.322

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bunyaviridae Infections / transmission*
Female
Fever / etiology
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / transmission*
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional*
Middle Aged
Needlestick Injuries / blood*
Needlestick Injuries / virology
Nurses
Phlebovirus
Republic of Korea
Viral Load