Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of four cases of monkeypox support transmission through sexual contact, Italy, May 2022.
MSM
emerging infectious diseases
monkeypox
seminal fluid
west African clade
Journal
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
ISSN: 1560-7917
Titre abrégé: Euro Surveill
Pays: Sweden
ID NLM: 100887452
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2022
06 2022
Historique:
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2022
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2022
medline:
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6
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Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Since May 2022, an outbreak of monkeypox has been ongoing in non-endemic countries. We report four cases in Italy in young adult men reporting condomless sexual intercourse. The patients are in good clinical condition with no need for specific antiviral drugs. Biological samples from seminal fluid were positive for monkeypox viral DNA. For many other viruses found in semen there is no evidence of sexual transmission. The possibility of sexual transmission of monkeypox virus needs to be investigated.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35656836
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.22.2200421
pmc: PMC9164671
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Investigateurs
Alessandro Agresta
(A)
Francesco Baldini
(F)
Tommaso Ascoli Bartoli
(TA)
Alessia Beccacece
(A)
Rita Bellagamba
(R)
Aurora Bettini
(A)
Nazario Bevilacqua
(N)
Marta Camici
(M)
Francesca Colavita
(F)
Angela Corpolongo
(A)
Gabriella De Carli
(G)
Federico De Zottis
(F)
Francesca Faraglia
(F)
Massimo Francalancia
(M)
Concetta Maria Fusco
(CM)
Roberta Gagliardini
(R)
Saba Gebremeskel
(S)
Maria Letizia Giancola
(ML)
Giulia Gramigna
(G)
Elisabetta Grilli
(E)
Susanna Grisetti
(S)
Simone Lanini
(S)
Gaetano Maffongelli
(G)
Andrea Mariano
(A)
Ilaria Mastrorosa
(I)
Giulia Matusali
(G)
Silvia Meschi
(S)
Claudia Minosse
(C)
Martina Moccione
(M)
Annalisa Mondi
(A)
Vanessa Mondillo
(V)
Nicoletta Orchi
(N)
Sandrine Ottou
(S)
Carmela Pinnetti
(C)
Silvia Rosati
(S)
Martina Rueca
(M)
Laura Scorzolini
(L)
Eliana Specchiarello
(E)
Alessandra Vergori
(A)
Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Type : CommentIn
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