Mpox in Children and Adolescents during Multicountry Outbreak, 2022–2023

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hoxha, Ana ; Kerr, Steven M. ; Laurenson-Schafer, Henry ; Sklenovská, Nikola ; Mirembe, Bernadette Basuta ; Nezu, Ingrid Hammermeister ; Ndumbi, Patricia ; Fitzner, Julia ; Almiron, Maria ; Vila, Marcelo ; Pebody, Richard ; Vaughan, Aisling M. ; Haussig, Joana M. ; de Sousa, Luis Alves ; Lukoya, Okot Charles ; Sanni, Olaniyi Felix ; Nabeth, Pierre ; Naiene, Jeremias Domingos ; Kato, Masaya ; Matsui, Tamano ; Kuppalli, Krutika ; Mala, Peter Omondi ; Lewis, Rosamund F. ; de Waroux, Olivier le Polain ; Pavlin, Boris I.
• Corporate Authors:
  WHO Mpox surveillance and Analytics Team
• Description:
  The 2022-2023 mpox outbreak predominantly affected adult men; 1.3% of reported cases were in children and adolescents <18 years of age. Analysis of global surveillance data showed 1 hospital intensive care unit admission and 0 deaths in that age group. Transmission routes and clinical manifestations varied across age subgroups.
• Subjects:
  Dispatch Mpox In Children And Adolescents During Multicountry Outbreak, 2022–2023
• Keywords:
  Adolescent Adolescents Child Children Disease Outbreaks Hospitalization Humans Intensive Care Units Monkeypox Monkeypox Virus Mpox Outbreak Viruses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(10):2125-2129
• Pubmed ID:
  37647121
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10521596
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:53906278ee37f85a21ac66d50739a98d9c08714cbc4cc10ade707be02dca564d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134749/cdc_134749_DS1.pdf
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