John P Thornhill, Sapha Barkati, Sharon Walmsley, Juergen Rockstroh, Andrea Antinori, Luke B Harrison, Romain Palich, Achyuta Nori, Iain Reeves, Maximillian S Habibi, Vanessa Apea, Christoph Boesecke, Linos Vandekerckhove, Michal Yakubovsky, Elena Sendagorta, Jose L Blanco, Eric Florence, Davide Moschese, Fernando M Maltez, Abraham Goorhuis, Valerie Pourcher, Pascal Migaud, Sebastian Noe, Claire Pintado, Fabrizio Maggi, Ann-Brit E Hansen, Christian Hoffmann, Jezer I Lezama, Cristina Mussini, AnnaMaria Cattelan, Keletso Makofane, Darrell Tan, Silvia Nozza, Johannes Nemeth, Marina B Klein, Chloe M Orkin
BACKGROUND: Before April 2022, monkeypox virus infection in humans was seldom reported outside African regions where it is endemic. Currently, cases are occurring worldwide. Transmission, risk factors, clinical presentation, and outcomes of infection are poorly defined. METHODS: We formed an international collaborative group of clinicians who contributed to an international case series to describe the presentation, clinical course, and outcomes of polymerase-chain-reaction-confirmed monkeypox virus infections...
August 25, 2022: New England Journal of Medicine