Community transmission of monkeypox in the United Kingdom, April to May 2022

Between 7 and 25 May, 86 monkeypox cases were confirmed in the United Kingdom (UK). Only one case is known to have travelled to a monkeypox virus (MPXV) endemic country. Seventy-nine cases with information were male and 66 reported being gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men. This is the...

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Published inEuro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 27; no. 22; p. 1
Main Authors Vivancos, Roberto, Anderson, Charlotte, Blomquist, Paula, Balasegaram, Sooria, Bell, Anita, Bishop, Louise, Brown, Colin S, Chow, Yimmy, Edeghere, Obaghe, Florence, Isaac, Logan, Sarah, Manley, Petra, Crowe, William, McAuley, Andrew, Shankar, Ananda Giri, Mora-Peris, Borja, Paranthaman, Karthik, Prochazka, Mateo, Ryan, Cian, Simons, David, Vipond, Richard, Byers, Chloe, Watkins, Nicholas A., Welfare, Will, Whittaker, Elizabeth, Dewsnap, Claire, Wilson, Allegra, Young, Yvonne, Chand, Meera, Riley, Steven, Hopkins, Susan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 02.06.2022
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Subjects
Disease control
Disease transmission
Female
Gays & lesbians
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Male
Mens health
Monkeypox virus - genetics
Mpox
Mpox, Monkeypox - diagnosis
Mpox, Monkeypox - epidemiology
Mpox, Monkeypox - transmission
Rapid Communication
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Sexual behavior
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Viruses
Zoonoses
United Kingdom
United Kingdom > UK
viruses
transmission
Monkeypox
orthopoxvirus
United Kingdom
zoonoses
monkeypox virus
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ISSN1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.22.2200422

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Summary:Between 7 and 25 May, 86 monkeypox cases were confirmed in the United Kingdom (UK). Only one case is known to have travelled to a monkeypox virus (MPXV) endemic country. Seventy-nine cases with information were male and 66 reported being gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men. This is the first reported sustained MPXV transmission in the UK, with human-to-human transmission through close contacts, including in sexual networks. Improving case ascertainment and onward-transmission preventive measures are ongoing.
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Correspondence: Roberto Vivancos (Roberto.Vivancos@phe.gov.uk)
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.22.2200422