Epidemiology of Early Monkeypox Virus Transmission in Sexual Networks of Gay and Bisexual Men, England, 2022
Amoolya Vusirikala, Hannah Charles, Sooria Balasegaram, Neil Macdonald, Deepti Kumar, Ceri Barker-Burnside, Kerry Cumiskey, Michelle Dickinson, Michelle Watson, Oluwakemi Olufon, Katie Thorley, Paula Blomquist, Charlotte Anderson, Thomas Ma, Hamish Mohammed, Samantha Perkins, Karthik Paranthaman, Petra Manley, Obaghe Edeghere, Katy Sinka, Mateo Prochazka
Abstract
After community transmission of monkeypox virus was identified in Europe, interviews of 45 case-patients from England indicated transmission in international sexual networks of gay and bisexual men since April 2022. Interventions targeting sex-on-premises venues, geospatial dating applications, and sexual health services are likely to be critical for outbreak control.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxTransmission (telecommunications)HomosexualitySexual transmissionEpidemiologyOutbreakVirologyAnal sexMedicineReproductive healthMen who have sex with menPsychological interventionDemographyEnvironmental healthGender studiesBiologyHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)PopulationPsychiatrySociologySyphilisTelecommunicationsPathologyGeneBiochemistryRecombinant DNAComputer scienceMicrobicideVacciniaPoxvirus research and outbreaksHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsBacillus and Francisella bacterial research