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Locally acquired mpox outbreak in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: clinical presentation, risk factors and preventive measures

Published:2023-11-25 Issue:8 Volume:30 Page:
ISSN:1195-1982
Container-title:Journal of Travel Medicine
language:en
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Author:

Dar Nadeem Gul¹²,Alfaraj Sarah H¹²,Alboqmy Khulood N¹²,Amer Hala¹²³,Khanum Nazia¹²,Alshakrah Faleh¹²,Abdallah Hassan¹²,Kumar Deva¹²,Alzarzour Shaimaa H¹²,Alzahrani Nojoom A¹²,Arishy Jasser Y¹²,Ahmed Suhair A¹²,Escorpion Vicenta¹²,Lopez Edna¹²,Jedeba Sami¹²,Memish Ziad A¹²⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Prevention and Control of Infection Administration , King Saud Medical City, , P.O. Box 2897, Riyadh 11196 , Saudi Arabia

2. Ministry of Health , King Saud Medical City, , P.O. Box 2897, Riyadh 11196 , Saudi Arabia

3. Community Medicine Research Department, National Research Center , 33 El Buhouth Street 12622, Cairo , Egypt

4. Research and Innovation Center , King Saud Medical City, P.O. Box 2897, Riyadh 11196, Ministry of Health & College of Medicine, , P.O. Box 50927 Riyadh 11533 , Saudi Arabia

5. Al Faisal University , King Saud Medical City, P.O. Box 2897, Riyadh 11196, Ministry of Health & College of Medicine, , P.O. Box 50927 Riyadh 11533 , Saudi Arabia

6. Hubert Department of Global Health , Rollins School of Public Health, , 1518 Clifton Rd, 30322, Atlanta, GA , USA

7. Emory University , Rollins School of Public Health, , 1518 Clifton Rd, 30322, Atlanta, GA , USA

8. Division of Infectious Diseases, Kyung Hee University , Seoul 446-701 , Korea

Abstract

A cluster of 16 locally acquired monkeypox cases in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 10 cases reported engaging in sexual behaviour within 21 days prior to the onset of symptoms, all of whom had heterosexual contact with illegal partners within 1 week before the appearance of symptoms.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/jtm/taad150/54408195/taad150.pdf

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