A shift from travel-associated cases to autochthonous transmission with Berlin as epicentre of the monkeypox outbreak in Germany, May to June 2022

A shift from travel-associated cases to autochthonous transmission with Berlin as epicentre of the monkeypox outbreak in Germany, May to June 2022

By 22 June 2022, 521 cases of monkeypox were notified in Germany. The median age was 38 years (IQR: 32-44); all cases were men. In Berlin, where 69% of all cases occurred, almost all were men who have sex with men. Monkeypox virus likely circulated unrecognised in Berlin before early May. Since mid-...

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Main Authors: Bartel, A. (Author), Berlin MPX study group (Author), Bremer, V. (Author), Falkenhorst, G. (Author), Hemmers, L. (Author), Jansen, K. (Author), Koppe, U. (Author), Lachmann, R. (Author), McFarland, S. (Author), Ruscher, C. (Author), Selb, R. (Author), Stark, K. (Author), Steffen, G. (Author), Werber, D. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NLM (Medline) 2022
Subjects:
men who have sex with men
monkeypox
MPX
MSM
outbreak
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