Caio Luiz Pereira Ribeiro, Camila Arantes Ferreira Brecht D'Oliveira, Élida de Albuquerque Campos, Luciana Freire de Carvalho, Luciana de Almeida Pinto, Karoline Moreira Duffrayer, Poliana Hilário Magalhães, Raquel Proença, José Cerbino Neto, Gislani Mateus Oliveira Aguilar, Márcio Henrique de Oliveira Garcia
OBJECTIVE: To describe the profile of cases of mpox in the city of Rio de Janeiro between June and November 2022. METHODS: This was a descriptive study of secondary data obtained from mpox notification forms. Socioeconomic, clinical and spatial data were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 928 cases, 93.7% were male, 85.0% cisgender male, 65.6% homosexual, 41.8% between 30 and 39 years old, and 41.0% were of White race/skin color. A total of 34.5% had immunosuppression due to illness, and 41...
2024: Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude: Revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil