Introduction and Differential Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Argentina, 2022
Adrian Lewis, Alejandro Josiowicz, Stella Maris Hirmas Riade, Mònica Tous, Gustavo Palacios, Daniel Cisterna
Abstract
We report detection of cases of monkeypox virus infection in Argentina in the context of a marked increase in confounding cases of atypical hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome caused by enterovirus coxsackie A6. We recommend performing an accurate differential virological diagnosis for exanthematous disease in suspected monkeypox cases.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxDifferential diagnosisContext (archaeology)VirologyMedicineEnterovirus InfectionsEnterovirusHand-foot-and-mouth diseaseConfoundingVirusBiologyDiseasePathologyVacciniaGenePaleontologyBiochemistryRecombinant DNAPoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments