ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Detection of Asymptomatic Mpox Carriers among High-Ri Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Prospective Analysis.
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- Meta-analysis of Asymptomatic Monkeypox Virus Prevalence in Nonendemic Regions, 2022-2024.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of mpox infection among men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Pooled it
- Prevention of sexual transmission of mpox: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of approaches.Infectious diseases (London, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Estimating the prevalence of Monkeypox among men who have sex with men in a major city in Southwest China, since 2023 via capture-recapture methods.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Quantifying mpox transmission and control: A regional analysis of vaccination strategies in East Africa.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2026Article
- Optimal Specimens and Lesions for Mpox Diagnosis Using Real-Time PCR, South Korea.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Mpox in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 2022-December 2023.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Mpox in children and adolescents and contact follow-up in school settings in greater Paris, France, May 2022 to July 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 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
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Abstract
Mpox is traditionally considered a zoonotic disease with endemic circulation in Africa, but the 2022-2023 outbreak reached an unprecedented high number of cases in non-endemic countries, so that it was declared a public health emergency of international concern. The reasons for this extensive global spread, characterized by sexual transmission amongst men who have sex with men (MSM), have not been fully clarified. The existence of asymptomatic carriers with viable viral shedding might be an explanation and is under-debated after retrospective studies suggested that infection without symptoms might have a prevalence of 6.5%. We aimed to prospectively assess the presence of mpox infection in asymptomatic high-risk MSM using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and living with HIV. We selected individuals with no signs of active infection nor suggestive symptoms in the previous 21 days. Eligible individuals collected oral and anal swabs to undergo point-of-care testing for mpox and completed a 21-days follow-up. Seventy-two individuals were enrolled, and none tested positive for mpox infection nor developed symptoms during follow-up. We selected a high-risk population with a significant history of sexual exposure, but we failed to detect any asymptomatic infection. This observation might have important consequences in terms of contact management and epidemic control.
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