Catharina E van Ewijk, Fuminari Miura, Gini van Rijckevorsel, Henry Jc de Vries, Matthijs Ra Welkers, Oda E van den Berg, Ingrid Hm Friesema, Patrick R van den Berg, Thomas Dalhuisen, Jacco Wallinga, Diederik Brandwagt, Brigitte Agl van Cleef, Harry Vennema, Bettie Voordouw, Marion Koopmans, Annemiek A van der Eijk, Corien M Swaan, Margreet Jm Te Wierik, Tjalling Leenstra, Eline Op de Coul, Eelco Franz
In early May 2022, a global outbreak of mpox started among persons without travel history to regions known to be enzootic for monkeypox virus (MPXV). On 8 August 2022, the Netherlands reported its 1,000th mpox case, representing a cumulative incidence of 55 per million population, one of the highest cumulative incidences worldwide. We describe characteristics of the first 1,000 mpox cases in the Netherlands, reported between 20 May and 8 August 2022, within the context of the public health response. These cases were predominantly men who have sex with men aged 31-45 years...
March 2023: Euro Surveillance