Monkeypox Infection With Primarily Mucosal Involvement

Sex Transm Dis. 2023 Apr 1;50(4):241-242. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001751. Epub 2022 Dec 5.

Abstract

Since May 2022, several nonendemic countries face a monkeypox outbreak, with clinic and epidemiological characteristics distinct from the classic ones. Primarily affecting the sexually active population, these cases present with mucocutaneous lesions mainly localized in perioral, genital, and anal areas. A retrospective study was conducted in a tertiary center in Lisbon, to characterize the population diagnosed with monkeypox infection with primarily mucosal involvement.

MeSH terms

  • Ambulatory Care Facilities
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Genitalia
  • Humans
  • Mpox (monkeypox)* / diagnosis
  • Mpox (monkeypox)* / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies