Locally acquired mpox outbreak in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: clinical presentation, risk factors and preventive measures
Nadeem Gul Dar, Sarah H. Alfaraj, Khulood Naser Alboqmy, Hala Amer, Nazia Khanum, Faleh Alshakrah, Hassan Abdallah, Deva Kumar, Shaimaa H. Alzarzour, Nojoom A. Alzahrani, Jasser Y Arishy, Suhair Ahmed, Vicenta Escorpion, E. Herrera López, Sami Jedeba, Ziad A. Memish
Abstract
A cluster of 16 locally acquired monkeypox cases in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 10 cases reported engaging in sexual behaviour within 21 days prior to the onset of symptoms, all of whom had heterosexual contact with illegal partners within 1 week before the appearance of symptoms.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMonkeypoxOutbreakPresentation (obstetrics)Cluster (spacecraft)PediatricsEnvironmental healthDemographySurgeryVirologyComputer scienceBiochemistryVacciniaProgramming languageRecombinant DNAGeneSociologyChemistryPoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments