Mpox (formerly monkeypox) in women: epidemiological features and clinical characteristics of mpox cases in Spain, April to November 2022
Alberto Vallejo-Plaza, Francisco Rodríguez-Cabrera, Víctoria Hernando, Bernardo Guzmán-Herrador, Patricia Santágueda Balader, Lucía García San Miguel Rodríguez-Alarcón, Asunción Díaz Franco, Ana Garzón Sánchez, María José Sierra Moros, Spanish Monkeypox Response Network, F Simón, Berta Suárez Rodríguez
Abstract
Over 79,000 confirmed cases of mpox were notified worldwide between May and November 2022, most of them in men who have sex with men. Cases in women, for whom mpox might pose different risks, are rare, and Spain has reported more than one third of those in Europe. Using surveillance data, our study found similar time trends, but differences in delay of diagnosis, sexual transmission and signs and symptoms between men and women.
Topics & Concepts
EpidemiologyMedicineMonkeypoxTransmission (telecommunications)DemographyPediatricsEpidemiological surveillancePathologyBiologyEngineeringGeneVacciniaSociologyBiochemistryElectrical engineeringRecombinant DNAPoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments