ReviewTropical medicine and infectious disease2022
Epidemiological Situation of Monkeypox Transmission by Possible Sexual Contact: A Systematic Review.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Peruvian patients with mpox: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Sources of information on monkeypox virus infection. A systematic review with meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of intentions to receive monkeypox vaccine. A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Mpox emergence, epidemiology, biology, clinical features and control.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Monkeypox presenting as an isolated genital rash: a case report.Dermatology reports · 2025Article
- Mpox and Viral Co-Infections: A Narrative Review.Health science reports · 2025Article
- An Overview of Monkey Pox Disease as a Current Important Disease in the World.Archives of Razi Institute · 2024Review
- A Comparative Evaluation of Three Diagnostic Assays for the Detection of Human Monkeypox.Viruses · 2024Article
- Can Marburg virus be sexually transmitted?Health science reports · 2024Article
- Review
- Intriguing insight into unanswered questions about Mpox: exploring health policy implications and considerations.Health research policy and systems · 2024Article
- Characteristics and Differences in Mpox Patients with and without HIV Infection: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study in Chengdu, China.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Mpox outbreak in France: epidemiological characteristics and sexual behaviour of cases aged 15 years or older, 2022.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023Article
- Estimates of mpox effective reproduction number in Spain, April-August 2022.Epidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Virus Identification for Monkeypox in Human Seminal Fluid Samples: A Systematic Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
- HIV risk profile and prevention needs of individuals seeking monkeypox (mpox) vaccination in an urban clinic in the U.S.: a brief report.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Overlooked monkeypox cases among men having sex with men during the 2022 outbreak - a retrospective study.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2023Article
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- Environmental detection and spreading of mpox in healthcare settings: a narrative review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Monkeypox (MPX), a zoonotic infection caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), has re-emerged worldwide with numerous confirmed cases with person-to-person transmission through close contacts, including in sexual networks. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the epidemiological situation of monkeypox transmission by possible sexual contact. A systematic literature review was conducted using PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase databases until 18 August 2022. The key search terms used were "monkeypox", "sexual contact", "sexual intercourse" and "sexual transmission". A total of 1291 articles were retrieved using the search strategy. After eliminating duplicates (n = 738) and examining by title, abstract, and full text, 28 studies reporting case reports of monkeypox with a detailed description of clinical features, sexually transmitted diseases, method of diagnosis, location and course of skin lesions, and treatment were included. A total of 4222 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported, of which 3876 monkeypox cases are the result of transmission by sexual contact distributed in twelve countries: 4152 cases were male with a mean age of 36 years. All confirmed cases of monkeypox were diagnosed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The most frequent clinical manifestations were fever, lymphadenopathy, headache, malaise, and painful perianal and genital lesions. The most frequent locations of the lesions were perianal, genital, oral, trunk, upper and lower extremities. Patients were in good clinical condition, with treatment based on analgesics and antipyretics to relieve some symptoms of monkeypox. A high proportion of STIs and frequent anogenital symptoms were found, suggesting transmissibility through local inoculation during close skin-to-skin or mucosal contact during sexual activity. The highest risk of monkeypox transmission occurs in men who have sex with men, and MPXV DNA could be recovered in seminal fluid. It is essential to establish health policies for the early detection and management of patients with monkeypox.
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