Mpox (formerly monkeypox) in women: epidemiological features and clinical characteristics of mpox cases in Spain, April to November 2022 separator

• Published in: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2022-12, Vol.27 (48), p.1
• Main Authors: Vallejo-Plaza, Alberto, Rodríguez-Cabrera, Francisco, Sebastián, Victoria Hernando, Herrador, Bernardo R Guzmán, Balader, Patricia Santágueda, Rodríguez-Alarcón, Lucía García San Miguel, Franco, Asunción Díaz, Sánchez, Ana Garzón, Moros, María José Sierra, Soria, Fernando Simón, Rodríguez, Berta Suárez, Sánchez, Elena Vanessa Martínez, Ruiz-Algueró, Marta, Simón, Lorena, Sastre, María, Lorusso, Nicola, de Ágreda, Juan Pablo Alonso Pérez, Boone, An Lieve, Martins, Mario Margolles, Bibiloni, Antonia Garí, Hernández, Laura García, Martín, Óscar Guillermo Pérez, Peña, Jacobo Mendioroz, Mateo, Ana Martínez, Sena, Francisco Javier Roig, Malonda, Rosa Carbó, Romero, Raquel Morales, Martínez, Mª del Carmen Pacheco, Dópido, Juan Antonio Linares, Martínez, Olaia Pérez, Naranjo, Alonso Sánchez-Migallón, Carril, Fernando González, Zamalloa, Pello Latasa, Ochoa, Eva Martínez, Pérez, Ana Carmen Ibáñez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Epidemiology; Medical diagnosis; Mpox; Sexual behavior; Women; Womens health
• ISSN: 1025-496X; 1560-7917
• DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.48.2200867

Over 79,000 confirmed cases of mpox were notified worldwide between May and November 2022, most of them in men who have sex with men. Cases in women, for whom mpox might pose different risks, are rare, and Spain has reported more than one third of those in Europe. Using surveillance data, our study found similar time trends, but differences in delay of diagnosis, sexual transmission and signs and symptoms between men and women.