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Ambulatory and hospitalized patients with suspected and confirmed mpox: an observational cohort study from BrazilResearch in context
Document Type
article
Author
Mayara Secco Torres Silva; Carolina Coutinho; Thiago Silva Torres; Eduardo Peixoto; Ronaldo Ismério; Flavia Lessa; Estevão Portela Nunes; Brenda Hoagland; Amanda Dolores Echeverria Guevara; Matheus Oliveira Bastos; Isabel Cristina Ferreira Tavares; Maria Pia Diniz Ribeiro; Maria Roberta Meneguetti Seravalli Ramos; Hugo Boechat Andrade; Ana Paula Lovetro Santana; Marilia Santini-Oliveira; Juliana Barbosa Santos Netto; Paula Reges; Monica Avelar Magalhães; Leonardo Azevedo Silva Rosadas; Sandro Nazer; Luciane Velasque; Sandra Wagner Cardoso; Edson Elias da Silva; Valdilea Gonçalves Veloso; Mayumi Duarte Wakimoto; Beatriz Grinsztejn; André Miguel Japiassu; Marcel Trepow; Italo Guariz Ferreira; Larissa Villela; Rafael Teixeira Fraga; Mariah Castro de Souza Pires; Rodrigo Otavio da Silva Escada; Leonardo Paiva de Sousa; Gabriela Lisseth Umaña Robleda; Desirée Vieira Santos; Luiz Ricardo Siqueira Camacho; Pedro Amparo; João Victor Jaegger de França; Felipe de Oliveira Heluy Correa; Bruno Ivanovinsky Costa de Sousa; Bernardo Vicari do Valle; João Paulo Bortot Soares; Livia Cristina Fonseca Ferreira; Pedro da Silva Martins; Maira Braga Mesquita; José Ricardo Hildebrant Coutinho; Raissa de Moraes Perlingeiro; Priscila Peixoto de Castro Oliveira; Hugo Perazzo Pedroso Barbosa; André Figueiredo Accetta; Marcelo Cunha; Rosangela Vieira Eiras; Ticiana Martins dos Santos; Wladmyr Davila da Silva; Monique do Vale Silveira; Tania de Souza Brum; Guilherme Amaral Calvet; Rodrigo Caldas Menezes; Sandro Antônio Pereira
Source
The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, Vol 17, Iss , Pp 100406- (2023)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2667-193X
Abstract
Summary: Background: By October 30, 2022, 76,871 cases of mpox were reported worldwide, with 20,614 cases in Latin America. This study reports characteristics of a case series of suspected and confirmed mpox cases at a referral infectious diseases center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Methods: This was a single-center, prospective, observational cohort study that enrolled all patients with suspected mpox between June 12 and August 19, 2022. Mpox was confirmed by a PCR test. We compared characteristics of confirmed and non-confirmed cases, and among confirmed cases according to HIV status using distribution tests. Kernel estimation was used for exploratory spatial analysis. Findings: Of 342 individuals with suspected mpox, 208 (60.8%) were confirmed cases. Compared to non-confirmed cases, confirmed cases were more frequent among individuals aged 30–39 years, cisgender men (96.2% vs. 66.4%; p