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Case Report: Recurrent Mpox in a Healthcare Worker in Nigeria

Published:2023-10-04 Issue:4 Volume:109 Page:858-860
ISSN:0002-9637
Container-title:The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Author:

Ogoina Dimie¹,Oru Oru Inestol²,Yinka-Ogunleye Adesola³,Ihekweazu Chikwe³,Ndodo Nnaemeka³,Aruna Olusola⁴

Affiliation:

1. Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Niger Delta University/Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Yenagoa, Nigeria;

2. Department of Internal Medicine, Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, Nigeria;

3. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria;

4. International Health Regulations Strengthening Project, Global Operations, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

ABSTRACT. We report the first case of recurrent Mpox from Africa. The patient is a 36-year-old, previously healthy, HIV-negative male healthcare worker who developed two episodes of laboratory-confirmed Mpox in 2017 and 2018, 9 months apart. In both cases, he had prior close contact with confirmed Mpox cases in the hospital setting. On follow-up in 2022, he also reported recurrent postcoital skin eruptions over a previously healed genital scar from the first episode of Mpox. We highlight the need for future studies to investigate the true burden and risk factors for Mpox reinfection, relapse, and recrudescence.

Publisher

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Subject

Virology,Infectious Diseases,Parasitology

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