Retrospective monkeypox virus (MPXV) surveillance among male users of I Want The Kit in Maryland, United States

Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 17:ciae208. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae208. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Retrospective surveillance leveraging male rectal swab sample remnants from I Want The Kit from July 2021 through October 2023, identified one symptomatic and one 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.

Keywords: monkeypox virus; mpox; surveillance.