Clinical findings in individuals who were diagnosed with mpox after having received the first dose of MVA
n (%) | |
Median days between MVA-BN and symptom onset (IQR) | 4 (3–9) |
Median days between symptom onset and last sexual encounter (IQR) | 4 (3–6) |
Sex partners in the 3 months prempox testing | |
1 | 1/13 (8) |
7 | 9/13 (69) |
>6 | 3/13 (23) |
Systemic symptoms | 11/15 (73) |
No prodromal symptoms | 6/15 (40) |
Fatigue/lethargy | 9/15 (60) |
Fever/chills | 8/15 (53) |
Myalgia | 4/15 (27) |
Sore throat | 4/15 (27) |
Localised symptoms | 15/15 (100) |
Number of skin lesions at peak | |
1–10 | 11/15 (73) |
11–25 | 1/15 (7) |
26–99 | 2/15 (13) |
>100 | 1/15 (7) |
Skin lesions distribution | |
Genital (penis and/or pubic and/or scrotal) | 6/15 (40) |
Anal | 9/15 (60) |
Face/scalp | 6/15 (40) |
Torso | 6/15 (40) |
Limbs | 10/15 (67) |
≥3 anatomical sites involved | 8/15 (53) |
Mucosal involvement (oral and/or rectal) | 4/15 (27) |
Lymphadenopathy | 9/15 (60) |
Sexual health coinfections | 5/15 (33) |
HSV PCR test positive | 0/11 (0) |
Syphilis PCR test positive | 0/9 (0) |
Chlamydia trachomatis NAAT test positive | 5/15 (33) |
Neisseria gonorrhoeae NAAT test positive | 1/15 (7) |
HSV, herpes simplex virus; mpox, monkeypox; MVA-BN, single dose of modified vaccinia Ankara; NAAT, Nucleic Acid Amplification Test.