Basic pharmacology, animal models and experience in human patients of three antiviral agents with activity against monkeypox: cidofovir, brincidofovir, and tecovirimat. https://t.co/AgUi499AZX
197 MPX cases in central London. https://t.co/SIyF20zXme All patients presented with mucocutaneous lesions (genitals: 56.3%; perianal area :41.6%). 86.3% reported systemic illness (fever, lymphadenopathy, myalgia). Fig 1: Progression of penile lesions and penile oedema.
Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries
N Engl J Med. 2022 Jul 21. https://t.co/VHRceIfyBh
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Ophthalmic manifestations of monkeypox virus. By Abdelaal et al. Eye (Lond). 2022 July 27. https://t.co/Ou5KHv4b7A
A brief discussion of ophthalmic manifestations of monkeypox infection before the current epidemic.
Stages of skin presentation and progression of monkeypox rash - darker and lighter skin pigmentation. From Titanji BK et a. Monkeypox: A Contemporary Review for Healthcare Professionals. Open Forum Infect Dis. https://t.co/VBKUjxVsco
Distribution of tropical rainforest and 47 human monkeypox cases, 1970-79 (Breman 1980).
Breman JG, Kalisa-Ruti, Stenovski MV, et al. Human monkeypox, 1970-79. Bull World Health Organ 1980;58:165-82. https://t.co/BFMFc1GTZe
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All MPXV genomes grouped into three monophyletic clades, where the newly classified lineage B.1 includes all MPXV genomes from the 2022 outbreak. The authors estimate that the B.1 lineage emerged in Europe on 03/02/2022 [95%CI = 11/13/2021 to 05/10/2022].
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12 patients, 147 clinical samples, real-time PCR. MPXV DNA was detected in saliva from all cases, sometimes with high viral loads. Other samples were frequently positive: rectal swab (11/12 cases), nasopharyngeal swab (10/12 cases), semen...
Noe S et al. Clinical and virological features of first human monkeypox cases in Germany. Infection 2022. https://t.co/1KuAKfJEoj
The authors present clinical and virological findings of the first two cases of MPX infection in humans, including the detection of monkeypox virus...
Girometti N et al. Demographic and clinical characteristics of confirmed human monkeypox virus cases in individuals attending a sexual health centre in London. Lancet Infect Dis. https://t.co/rDX9ZXIVlA
The author’s describe the clinical characteristics of 54 individuals.
Nörz D et al. Evidence of surface contamination in hospital rooms occupied by patients infected with monkeypox. Euro Surveill https://t.co/XXrfpf8Io6
The authors successfully isolated monkeypox virus from three different samples, each with a total of at least 10^6 virus copies.
Selb R et al. A shift from travel-associated cases to autochthonous transmission with Berlin as epicentre of the monkeypox outbreak in Germany, May to June 2022. Euro Surveill. https://t.co/Xf5zFfgz6t
In early July 2022, Germany has one of the highest overall number of MPX...
Iñigo Martínez et al: "Monkeypox outbreak predominantly affecting men who have sex with men, Madrid, Spain, 26 April to 16 June 2022." Euro Surveill https://t.co/9Eov5xnIgh
The authors report 508 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the Madrid region of Spain, 99% of whom were men.