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Survey of pain and stigma experiences in people diagnosed with mpox in Baltimore, Maryland during 2022 global outbreak.
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- "I Know They're Going to Weaponize This:" Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men's Mpox-Related Sexual Behaviors, Stigma Concerns, and Vaccination Barriers and Facilitators.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Suffering in silence: Stigma, healthcare barriers, and resilience during Sierra Leone's 2025 clade IIb mpox outbreak-A multi-perspective qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Tell people and lose what I have: Care-seeking, concealment, and disclosure during Sierra Leone's 2025 clade IIb mpox outbreak.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Advancing Infectious Diseases Control in Africa: Lessons From the Mpox Re-emergence.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Mpox-Related Stigma Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Can social support improve Mpox care-seeking among men who have sex with men through stigma reduction: a chain mediation analysis from China.Global health research and policy · 2025Article
- Mpox epidemiology, barriers to treatment and prevention, and perceived stigma: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Mpox stigma in the UK and implications for future outbreak control: a cross-sectional mixed methods study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Mpox-related stigma and healthcare-seeking behavior among men who have sex with men.Global health research and policy · 2025Article
- Psychosocial impact and stigma on men who have sex with men due to monkeypox.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
- Development and validation of the mpox stigma scale (MSS) and mpox knowledge scale (MKS).BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
A high prevalence of mpox in men who have sex with men and in people with HIV, plus visually striking and contagious lesions, have raised concerns for mpox stigma. 24 PCR-confirmed mpox patients were surveyed over the course of three months, utilizing an mpox stigma scale adapted from the HIV Stigma Scale plus assessment of pain, analgesic efficacy, and healthcare experiences. Participants were cis-male (100%), with male sexual partners (96%), mostly African-American (88%), and living with HIV (79%). Patients answered 4-16 of 24 (mean 10) stigma questions affirmatively, particularly related to negative effects of mpox on the LGBTQ community. 79% reported pain, most commonly of limbs and perianal area, with perianal pain being rated most severe. The most effective pain relief occurred with opioids (100% major relief, n = 2) and tecovirimat (63% major relief, 25% moderate, n = 16). Patients were satisfied with care provided at the studied clinics, but had negative experiences at all other mentioned sites.
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