Characteristics of JYNNEOS Vaccine Recipients Before and During a Large Multiday LGBTQIA+ Festival — Louisiana, August 9–September 5, 2022
Rieza H. Soelaeman, Lee Mendoza, Robert McDonald, Julie Hand, Theresa Sokol, Southern Decadence Preparedness and Response Team, Southern Decadence Preparedness and Response Team, John T. Brooks, Preetam Cholli, Maribeth Eckert, Braiden Eilers, Jennie Johnston Gayden, Craig Hayes, Irma Kocer, Sarah M. Labuda, Anna C. Llewellyn, Scott Santibañez, Colleen N. Scott, Megan Swanson, Arun Adhikari, Arundhati Bakshi, Samuel Burgess, Javone Davis, Jimmy Gale, Jenna Iberg Johnson, Suryatapa Kar, Kevin Litten, Katherine Murphy, Alyson Neel, Emma Ortega, Gillian Richardson, Sean Simonson, Yanling Zhao
Abstract
Since May 2022, 27,558 monkeypox cases have been identified in the United States (1). Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent the most affected demographic group in the current multinational outbreak (2). As of October 18, 2022, Louisiana had reported 273 monkeypox cases with 187 (68.5%) among residents of the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Southeast Region, which includes the city of New Orleans (3).