The first imported case of monkeypox in Taiwan
Shao‐Tsung Huang, Ying‐Hsun Wu, Hsi-Hsun Lin, Jyh Yuan Yang, Pei-Yu Hsieh, Szu-Ju Chiang, Shang-Pin Wang, Ya-Han Chan, Li-Fen Lin, Yueh-Ju Chen, Hung‐Chin Tsai, Yao-Shen Chen, Susan Shin‐Jung Lee
Abstract
he first imported case of monkeypox in Taiwan was diagnosed in an Asian man with HIV-1 infection and asymptomatic COVID-19, returning from Germany. Atypical presentations included asynchronous skin lesions, anogenital lesions and prominent inguinal lymphadenopathy. Whole genomic sequence alignment indicate that the Taiwan strain clustered together with human monkeypox virus West African clade B.1, currently circulating in Europe. Prompt diagnosis and infection control measures are crucial to mitigate the spread of monkeypox.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxMedicineVirologyAsymptomaticCladePathologyBiologyGeneGeneticsPhylogeneticsVacciniaRecombinant DNAPoxvirus research and outbreaksHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsBacillus and Francisella bacterial research