Sunday, July 24, 2022

MONKEYPOX PEER REVIEWED STUDY, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

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In a nutshell:  METHODS

We formed an international collaborative group of clinicians who contributed to an international case series to describe the presentation, clinical course, and outcomes of polymerase-chain-reaction–confirmed monkeypox virus infections.

RESULTS - We report 528 infections diagnosed between April 27 and June 24, 2022, at 43 sites in 16 countries. Overall, 98% of the persons with infection were gay or bisexual men, 75% were White, and 41% had human immunodeficiency virus infection; the median age was 38 years. Transmission was suspected to have occurred through sexual activity in 95% of the persons with infection. 

MORE AT https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2207323

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