A large multi-country outbreak of monkeypox across 41 countries in the WHO European Region, 7 March to 23 August 2022.
Aisling M
Vaughan
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Orlando
Cenciarelli
;
Soledad
Colombe
;
Luís
Alves de Sousa
;
Natalie
Fischer
;
Celine M
Gossner
;
Jeff
Pires
;
Giuditta
Scardina
;
Gudrun
Aspelund
;
Margarita
Avercenko
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Sara
Bengtsson
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Paula
Blomquist
;
Anna
Caraglia
;
Emilie
Chazelle
;
Orna
Cohen
;
Asuncion
Diaz
;
Christina
Dillon
;
Irina
Dontsenko
;
Katja
Kotkavaara
;
Mario
Fafangel
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Federica
Ferraro
;
Richard
Firth
;
Jannik
Fonager
;
Christina
Frank
;
Mireia G
Carrasco
;
Kassiani
Gkolfinopoulou
;
Marte Petrikke
Grenersen
;
Bernardo R
Guzmán Herrador
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Judit
Henczkó
;
Elske
Hoornenborg
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Derval
Igoe
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Maja
Ilić
;
Klaus
Jansen
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Denisa-Georgiana
Janță
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Tone Bjordal
Johansen
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Ana
Kasradze
;
Anders
Koch
;
Jan
Kyncl
;
João Vieira
Martins
;
Andrew
McAuley
;
Kassiani
Mellou
;
Zsuzsanna
Molnár
;
Zohar
Mor
;
Joël
Mossong
;
Alina
Novacek
;
Hana
Orlikova
;
Iva
Pem Novosel
;
Maria K
Rossi
;
Malgorzata
Sadkowska-Todys
;
Clare
Sawyer
;
Daniela
Schmid
;
Anca
Sîrbu
;
Klara
Sondén
;
Arnaud
Tarantola
;
Margarida
Tavares
;
Marianna
Thordardottir
;
Veronika
Učakar
;
Catharina
Van Ewijk
;
Juta
Varjas
;
Anne
Vergison
;
Roberto
Vivancos
;
Karolina
Zakrzewska
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Richard
Pebody
;
Joana M
Haussig
;
(2022)
A large multi-country outbreak of monkeypox across 41 countries in the WHO European Region, 7 March to 23 August 2022.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 27 (36).
ISSN 1025-496X
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.36.2200620
Following the report of a non-travel-associated cluster of monkeypox cases by the United Kingdom in May 2022, 41 countries across the WHO European Region have reported 21,098 cases and two deaths by 23 August 2022. Nowcasting suggests a plateauing in case notifications. Most cases (97%) are MSM, with atypical rash-illness presentation. Spread is mainly through close contact during sexual activities. Few cases are reported among women and children. Targeted interventions of at-risk groups are needed to stop further transmission.
Item Type | Article |
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Elements ID | 207749 |
Official URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.36.... |
Date Deposited | 30 Aug 2023 13:59 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5670-5403