Human Monkeypox without Viral Prodrome or Sexual Exposure, California, USA, 2022

We report human monkeypox in a man who returned to the United States from the United Kingdom and reported no sexual contact. He had vesicular and pustular skin lesions but no anogenital involvement. The potential modes of transmission may have implications for the risk of spread and for epidemic con...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 10; pp. 2121 - 2123
Main Authors Karan, Abraar, Styczynski, Ashley R., Huang, ChunHong, Sahoo, Malaya K., Srinivasan, Krithika, Pinsky, Benjamin A., Salinas, Jorge L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.10.2022
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
California
Case studies
Diagnosis
Disease Outbreaks
epidemic
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Health aspects
Human monkeypox
Human Monkeypox without Viral Prodrome or Sexual Exposure, California, USA, 2022
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
monkeypox
Monkeypox virus
Mpox
Mpox (monkeypox) - diagnosis
Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology
orthopoxvirus
Public health
Research Letter
Risk factors
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Travelers
United Kingdom - epidemiology
United States
United States - epidemiology
viruses
United States
United Kingdom
California
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
viruses
United States
epidemic
monkeypox
orthopoxvirus
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Summary:We report human monkeypox in a man who returned to the United States from the United Kingdom and reported no sexual contact. He had vesicular and pustular skin lesions but no anogenital involvement. The potential modes of transmission may have implications for the risk of spread and for epidemic control.
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ISSN:1080-6040
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1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2810.221191