Retrospective Monkeypox Virus Surveillance Among Male Users of I Want the Kit in Maryland, United States.

Manabe, Yukari C; Hardick, Justin; Uhteg, Katherine; Ramdeep, Nisha; Armington, Gretchen; Mostafa, Heba H; Hamill, Matthew M · Clin Infect Dis · 2024

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Retrospective surveillance leveraging male rectal swab sample remnants from I Want the Kit from July 2021 through October 2023 identified 1 symptomatic and 1 asymptomatic mpox case at the peak of transmission in 2022. Although sporadic cases continue to be reported in Maryland, additional asymptomatic cases were not identified in this leveraged surveillance.

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