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Coordination Center of
Health Alerts and Emergencies
SECRETARY OF STATE
OF HEALTH
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
Situation report August 5, 2022
Alert on monkeypox infection in Spain and other countries
endemic
...
Current situation in Spain.
In Spain, according to data from the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE), as of August 5,
a total of 4,942 confirmed cases of MPX have been reported.
The reported cases come from 17 Autonomous Communities, see Figure 1.
Of the patients reported in SiViES, a total of 4,863 are men and 79 are women. The age ranges from
10 months and 88 years, with a median age of 37 years (interquartile range: 31-44 years).
...
The date of onset of symptoms is available in 4,653 cases. Of these, the first reported case started symptoms
on April 26 and the last on August 2. See figure 2. There is a delay between the date of onset of symptoms and the
diagnostic confirmation date, with a median of 6 days (IQR 4-9 days). On the other hand, there is also a
delay in reporting cases to the SiViEs platform. For these reasons, the interpretation of the latest
days of the epidemic curve should be done with caution.
...
Among the patients with clinical information, they mainly presented anogenital rash (59.4%), fever
(55.1%), exanthema in other locations (not anogenital or oral-buccal) (51.8%) and lymphadenopathy (50.7%). Watch
Figure 3
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A total of 237 patients of the 3,546 (6.9%) presented complications throughout their clinical process.
The most frequent were mouth ulcers and secondary bacterial infections.
Of the 4,436 patients with available information, 139 cases were hospitalized (2.8%) and two of the cases
they have passed away This information has been communicated to the WHO and the European Commission.
3,943 of 4,942 patients with available information were men who have sex with men. I know
information is available on the most likely transmission mechanism in 2,287 cases, with 80.6%
for close contact in the context of a sexual relationship and in 9.1% for close non-sexual contact.
In relation to attendance at massive events, of the 3,152 cases with information on this variable, 646
attended an event on the dates prior to the onset of symptoms.
...
Coordination Center of
Health Alerts and Emergencies
SECRETARY OF STATE
OF HEALTH
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
Situation report August 5, 2022
Alert on monkeypox infection in Spain and other countries
endemic
...
Current situation in Spain.
In Spain, according to data from the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE), as of August 5,
a total of 4,942 confirmed cases of MPX have been reported.
The reported cases come from 17 Autonomous Communities, see Figure 1.
Of the patients reported in SiViES, a total of 4,863 are men and 79 are women. The age ranges from
10 months and 88 years, with a median age of 37 years (interquartile range: 31-44 years).
...
The date of onset of symptoms is available in 4,653 cases. Of these, the first reported case started symptoms
on April 26 and the last on August 2. See figure 2. There is a delay between the date of onset of symptoms and the
diagnostic confirmation date, with a median of 6 days (IQR 4-9 days). On the other hand, there is also a
delay in reporting cases to the SiViEs platform. For these reasons, the interpretation of the latest
days of the epidemic curve should be done with caution.
...
Among the patients with clinical information, they mainly presented anogenital rash (59.4%), fever
(55.1%), exanthema in other locations (not anogenital or oral-buccal) (51.8%) and lymphadenopathy (50.7%). Watch
Figure 3
...
A total of 237 patients of the 3,546 (6.9%) presented complications throughout their clinical process.
The most frequent were mouth ulcers and secondary bacterial infections.
Of the 4,436 patients with available information, 139 cases were hospitalized (2.8%) and two of the cases
they have passed away This information has been communicated to the WHO and the European Commission.
3,943 of 4,942 patients with available information were men who have sex with men. I know
information is available on the most likely transmission mechanism in 2,287 cases, with 80.6%
for close contact in the context of a sexual relationship and in 9.1% for close non-sexual contact.
In relation to attendance at massive events, of the 3,152 cases with information on this variable, 646
attended an event on the dates prior to the onset of symptoms.
...
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