ARTICLE: Retrospective Monkeypox Virus Surveillance Among Male Users of I Want the Kit in Maryland, United States
AUTHORS: Yukari C Manabe, Justin Hardick, Katherine Uhteg, Nisha Ramdeep, Gretchen Armington, Heba H Mostafa, Matthew M Hamill
JOURNAL: Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 19;79(1):138-140. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae208.
Abstract
Retrospective surveillance leveraging male rectal swab sample remnants from I Want the Kit from July 2021 through October 2023 identified 1 symptomatic and 1 asymptomatic mpox case at the peak of transmission in 2022. Although sporadic cases continue to be reported in Maryland, additional asymptomatic cases were not identified in this leveraged surveillance.
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