Volume 25, Number 9—September 2019
Online Report
Decision Tool for Herpes B Virus Antiviral Prophylaxis after Macaque-Related Injuries in Research Laboratory Workers
Table 2
Characteristics of 251 monkey-related injury events by location, depth of injury, and exposure type in 176 laboratory workers evaluated during 2012–2016*
Characteristic |
No. (%) events |
Location of injury | |
Head and neck | 51 (20.32) |
Limbs | 187 (74.50) |
Torso |
13 (5.18) |
Depth of injury | |
Deep | 39 (15.5) |
Superficial |
212 (84.5) |
Exposure type | |
Any exposure to skin with no penetration | 12 (4.78) |
Scratch with loss of skin integrity | 48 (19.12) |
Bite with loss of skin integrity | 68 (27.09) |
Mucosal splash with saliva/CNS tissue or fluid/fluid from oral or genital lesions | 6 (2.39) |
Mucosal splash with other bodily fluid | 15 (5.98) |
Needlestick or other puncture associated with CNS tissue/fluid, monkey mucosa/eyelid, or fluid from oral/genital lesions | 10 (3.98) |
Needlestick or other puncture associated with other bodily fluid | 55 (21.91) |
Puncture/laceration or with object potentially contaminated with bodily fluid | 37 (14.74) |
*CNS, central nervous system.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.