Paediatric monkeypox patient with unknown source of infection, the Netherlands, June 2022

Since May 2022, an international monkeypox (MPX) outbreak has been ongoing in more than 50 countries. While most cases are men who have sex with men, transmission is not restricted to this population. In this report, we describe the case of a male child younger than 10 years with MPX in the Netherla...

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Published inEuro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 27; no. 29; p. 1
Main Authors Tutu van Furth, A Marceline, van der Kuip, Martijn, van Els, Anne L, Fievez, Lydia Cr, van Rijckevorsel, Gini Gc, van den Ouden, Anton, Jonges, Marcel, Welkers, Matthijs Ra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 21.07.2022
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Subjects
Child
Children & youth
Disease control
Epidemics
Humans
Male
Monkeypox
Monkeypox virus
Mpox (monkeypox) - diagnosis
Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology
Netherlands - epidemiology
Pediatrics
Rapid Communication
Risk factors
Netherlands
whole genome sequencing
Netherlands
Monkeypox
child
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Summary:Since May 2022, an international monkeypox (MPX) outbreak has been ongoing in more than 50 countries. While most cases are men who have sex with men, transmission is not restricted to this population. In this report, we describe the case of a male child younger than 10 years with MPX in the Netherlands. Despite thorough source tracing, a likely source of infection has not been identified. No secondary cases were identified in close contacts.
Bibliography:Correspondence: Matthijs Welkers (m.r.a.welkers@amsterdamumc.nl)
These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.29.2200552