Considerations for reducing monkeypox transmission in congregate living settings

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
• Description:
  Updated August 22, 2022
  
  Monkeypox is a disease that can cause flu-like symptoms and a rash. Human-to-human transmission of monkeypox virus occurs by direct contact with lesions or infected body fluids, or from exposure to respiratory secretions during prolonged face-to-face contact. A person is considered to be infectious until there is full healing of the rash with formation of a fresh layer of skin.
  
  If a staff member, volunteer, or resident of a congregate living setting has a monkeypox virus infection, transmission could occur within the setting. For the purposes of this document, congregate living settings are facilities or other housing where people who are not related reside in close proximity and share at least one common room (e.g., sleeping room, kitchen, bathroom, living room). Congregate living settings can include correctional and detention facilities, homeless shelters, group homes, dormitories at institutes of higher education, seasonal worker housing, residential substance use treatment facilities, and other similar settings. These settings may provide personal care services but are not traditional healthcare settings (e.g. hospitals). If healthcare services are provided on site, they are usually provided in specific healthcare areas or by outside healthcare personnel (e.g., home health care workers).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Disease Outbreaks Mpox (monkeypox)/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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  urn:sha256:895eb53570204d650e3807f89444b5cbf226ffdffc5420a761681f2017843e5b
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120489/cdc_120489_DS1.pdf
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