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Mpox vaccination in a patient on anti-IL-23 therapy was well tolerated and led to seroconversion
  1. Harm-Henning Lindhof
  1. Department of Dermatology, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
  1. Correspondence to Dr Harm-Henning Lindhof, Department of Dermatology, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; Harm-Henning.Lindhof{at}med.uni-duesseldorf.de

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To address the raise in Mpox cases, in July 2022, Germany started a pre-exposure or postexposure vaccination programme with the modified vaccinia Ankara virus vaccine (Imvanex/Jynneos).1 As this is a live vaccine, there are constrains for certain patient groups. Current indications for interleukin (IL) 23 antibodies advise against the simultaneous use of live vaccines and recommend a 21-week washout after antibody therapy.2

We report on a 38-year-old HIV-negative man who was receiving treatment with the anti-IL-23 antibody risankizumab (150 mg every 3 months) for psoriasis vulgaris when he was assessed to be at high risk for Mpox. He had not previously received …

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  • Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti

  • Contributors H-HL planned, conducted and reported the work described in the article.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.