Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of four cases of monkeypox support transmission through sexual contact, Italy, May 2022.
Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of four cases of monkeypox support transmission through sexual contact, Italy, May 2022.
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10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.22.2200421
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2022-06
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自2022年5月以来，猴痘疫情一直在非流行国家持续爆发。我们在意大利报告了4例年轻成年男性无避孕套性交的病例。患者的临床状况良好，不需要特殊的抗病毒药物。精液生物样本猴痘病毒DNA阳性。对于精液中发现的许多其他病毒，没有证据表明性传播。猴痘病毒性传播的可能性需要调查。
Since May 2022, an outbreak of monkeypox has been ongoing in non-endemic countries. We report four cases in Italy in young adult men reporting condomless sexual intercourse. The patients are in good clinical condition with no need for specific antiviral drugs. Biological samples from seminal fluid were positive for monkeypox viral DNA. For many other viruses found in semen there is no evidence of sexual transmission. The possibility of sexual transmission of monkeypox virus needs to be investigated.