ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Monkeypox Virus Infections in Southern Italy: Is There a Risk for Community Spread?
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Viral Loads in Skin Samples of Patients with Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Viruses · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of mpox viral DNA in cutaneous specimens of monkeypox-infected patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Pooled it
- Genomic epidemiology of mpox virus during the 2022 outbreak in New York City.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Understanding the evolutionary dynamics of Monkeypox virus through less explored pathways.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- An Updated Review on Monkeypox Viral Disease: Emphasis on Genomic Diversity.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Estimating the Global Spread of Epidemic Human Monkeypox with Bayesian Directed Acyclic Graphic Model.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Review
- Clinical Characteristics of Human Mpox (Monkeypox) in 2022: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Preventing and fighting stigma: a lesson from the first Mpox in Veneto region of Northeast Italy-A case report.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Conspiratorial Attitude of the General Public in Jordan towards Emerging Virus Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study Amid the 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
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Abstract
The ongoing outbreak of the Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is characterized by sustained human-to-human transmission, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM). The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of the MPXV infection identified in Southern Italy. Clinical samples for each suspected case identified from 1 June to 1 August 2022 were tested for MPXV, and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was performed on two strains. Ten cases were identified: eight were young adult males, including six MSMs, and two were female. Nine subjects reported recent sexual exposure. One female subject without sexual exposure only reported attendance at a social gathering. Overall, 7 of 10 skin lesion samples had a high viral load of MPXV DNA, and 6/9 whole blood samples and 6/8 nasopharyngeal swab samples also tested positive. The analyzed sequences belonged to Clade 3, lineage B.1, and B.1.5, respectively. Despite this recent multinational outbreak of MPXV cases having revealed a high proportion of cases occurring among MSM, the identification of cases among heterosexual subjects and in a female subject without sexual risk factors should raise awareness among clinicians about the possible spread of MPXV in the general population.
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