We report a case of monkeypox in a physician after an occupational needlestick injury from a pustule. This case highlights risk for occupational transmission and manifestations of the disease after percutaneous transmission: a short incubation period, followed by a solitary lesion at the injured site and later by systemic symptoms.
Keywords: MPXV; Portugal; emerging communicable diseases; injuries; monkeypox; monkeypox virus; needlestick injury; occupational exposure; postexposure prophylaxis; pustule; viruses; zoonoses.