Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries — April–June 2022

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 387; no. 8; pp. 679 - 691
• Main Authors: Thornhill, John P., Barkati, Sapha, Walmsley, Sharon, Rockstroh, Juergen, Antinori, Andrea, Harrison, Luke B., Palich, Romain, Nori, Achyuta, Reeves, Iain, Habibi, Maximillian S., Apea, Vanessa, Boesecke, Christoph, Vandekerckhove, Linos, Yakubovsky, Michal, Sendagorta, Elena, Blanco, Jose L., Florence, Eric, Moschese, Davide, Maltez, Fernando M., Goorhuis, Abraham, Pourcher, Valerie, Migaud, Pascal, Noe, Sebastian, Pintado, Claire, Maggi, Fabrizio, Hansen, Ann-Brit E., Hoffmann, Christian, Lezama, Jezer I., Mussini, Cristina, Cattelan, AnnaMaria, Makofane, Keletso, Tan, Darrell, Nozza, Silvia, Nemeth, Johannes, Klein, Marina B., Orkin, Chloe M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 25.08.2022
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS; Anogenital; Anorectal; Antiviral drugs; Bacterial infections; Bisexuality; Collaboration; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; DNA viruses; Epidemics; Exanthema; Exanthema - etiology; Female; Fever; Fever - etiology; Global Health; Global Health - statistics & numerical data; Heart diseases; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infections; Infectious Disease; Infectious Disease General; Lesions; Life Sciences; Lymphadenopathy; Male; Monkeypox; Monkeypox virus; Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology; Mpox (monkeypox) - therapy; Mucosa; Myalgia; Myocarditis; Orthopoxvirus; Pain; Pharyngitis; Public health; Risk factors; Seminal fluid; Skin; Smallpox; Superinfection; Viral Infections; Africa
• ISSN: 0028-4793; 1533-4406
• DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323

In this report, 528 cases of monkeypox across 16 countries are described. Rash, mucosal lesions, fever, lethargy, and lymphadenopathy were common clinical findings. Few patients were hospitalized.