Retrospective Monkeypox Virus Surveillance Among Male Users of I Want the Kit in Maryland, United States
Date:
07/19/2024
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Citation:
Manabe YC, Hardick J, Uhteg K, Ramdeep N, Armington G, Mostafa HH, Hamill MM. Retrospective Monkeypox Virus Surveillance Among Male Users of I Want the Kit in Maryland, United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 19;79(1):138-140. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae208. PMID: 38629511; PMCID: PMC11259223.
Abstract
Retrospective surveillance leveraging male rectal swab sample remnants from I Want the Kit from July 2021 through October 2023 identified 1 symptomatic and 1 asymptomatic mpox case at the peak of transmission in 2022. Although sporadic cases continue to be reported in Maryland, additional asymptomatic cases were not identified in this leveraged surveillance.