Human Monkeypox without Viral Prodrome or Sexual Exposure, California, USA, 2022

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Karan, Abraar ; Styczynski, Ashley R. ; Huang, ChunHong ; Sahoo, Malaya K. ; Srinivasan, Krithika ; Pinsky, Benjamin A. ; Salinas, Jorge L.
• Description:
  We report human monkeypox in a man who returned to the United States from the United Kingdom and reported no sexual contact. He had vesicular and pustular skin lesions but no anogenital involvement. The potential modes of transmission may have implications for the risk of spread and for epidemic control.
• Subjects:
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mpox (monkeypox)
  • Monkeypox virus
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(10):2121-2123
• Pubmed ID:
  35971952
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9514362
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  United Kingdom ; United States
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122510/cdc_122510_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 301.79 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8aff6779f7ef9a1d2cb34f245cfdd475b6eee8bef4c3d9126edf0741d8a93339