Though the surge in Sierra Leone has received much of the attention, cases are also rising in two other countries in West Africa: Ghana and Liberia.
The test the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses to identify clade I mpox cases is 'most likely not reliable' for detection of the substrain identified in the study, the authors say.
Another mpox study today showed that dose-sparing vaccine administration of the Jynneos vaccine appeared to have worked.
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Four of 5 patients with ocular monkeypox required hospital care, and 1 had marked vision impairment.
Nearly three of four US high school students report one or more adverse experiences contributing to poor mental health and suicidal behaviors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
COVID-19 vaccination may protect pregnant women and their fetuses against virus-related placentitis (inflammation of the placenta) and stillbirth, concludes a review study published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The research will also be presented next week at ID Week in Washington, DC.
The researchers were able to isolate infectious virus from 2 samples, including an air sample.
Of 219 patients, 216 (99%) reported sexual or close intimate contact in the 21 days before symptom onset.
Disparities still persist in disease burden, as well as monkeypox vaccine reach.
In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that global COVID-19 cases declined 6% last week compared to the previous week, though the pace of activity increased in the European region, which experienced an 8% rise compared to the week before.
An expert points out, however, that the study didn't adust for risk factors like the number of sex partners.
Studies detail viral prevalence in various specimens and tattoo- and healthcare-related spread.
Retrospective UK testing reveals a case on Mar 7, two months earlier than previously reported.
