Ongoing monkeypox virus outbreak, Portugal, 29 April to 23 May 2022
Mariana Perez Duque(Direção Geral do Território), Sofia Ribeiro(Direção Geral do Território), João Vieira Martins(Direção Geral do Território), Pedro Casaca(Direção Geral do Território), Pedro Pinto Leite(Direção Geral do Território), Margarida Tavares(Universidade do Porto), Kamal Mansinho(University of Lisbon), Luís Miguel Duque(Hospital Garcia de Orta), Cândida Fernandes(Unidade Local de Saúde de São José), Rita Cordeiro(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Maria José Borrego(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Ana Pelerito(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Isabel Lopes de Carvalho(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Maria Sofia Núncio(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Vera Manageiro(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Corrado Minetti(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Jorge Machado(National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge), Joana M. Haussig(European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control), Roberto Croci(European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control), Gianfranco Spiteri(European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control), Ana Sofia Casal(Direção Geral do Território), Diana Mendes(Direção Geral do Território), Tiago Souto, Sara Pocinho, Teresa Fernandes(Direção Geral do Território), Ana Firme, Paula Vasconcelos, Graça Freitas
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Abstract
Up to 27 May 2022, Portugal has detected 96 confirmed cases of monkeypox. We describe 27 confirmed cases (median age: 33 years (range: 22-51); all males), with an earliest symptom onset date of 29 April. Almost all cases (n = 25) live in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley health region. Most cases were neither part of identified transmission chains, nor linked to travel or had contact with symptomatic persons or with animals, suggesting the possible previously undetected spread of monkeypox.
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