Mayara Secco Torres Silva, Carolina Coutinho, Thiago Silva Torres, Eduardo Peixoto, Ronaldo Ismério, Flavia Lessa, Estevão Portela Nunes, Brenda Hoagland, Amanda Dolores Echeverria Guevara, Matheus Oliveira Bastos, Isabel Cristina Ferreira Tavares, Maria Pia Diniz Ribeiro, Maria Roberta Meneguetti Seravalli Ramos, Hugo Boechat Andrade, Ana Paula Lovetro Santana, Marilia Santini-Oliveira, Juliana Barbosa Santos Netto, Paula Reges, Monica Avelar Magalhães, Leonardo Azevedo Silva Rosadas, Sandro Nazer, Luciane Velasque, Sandra Wagner Cardoso, Edson Elias da Silva, Valdilea Gonçalves Veloso, Mayumi Duarte Wakimoto, Beatriz Grinsztejn
BACKGROUND: By October 30, 2022, 76,871 cases of mpox were reported worldwide, with 20,614 cases in Latin America. This study reports characteristics of a case series of suspected and confirmed mpox cases at a referral infectious diseases center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS: This was a single-center, prospective, observational cohort study that enrolled all patients with suspected mpox between June 12 and August 19, 2022. Mpox was confirmed by a PCR test. We compared characteristics of confirmed and non-confirmed cases, and among confirmed cases according to HIV status using distribution tests...
January 2023: Lancet Reg Health Am