Eurosurv. Ongoing monkeypox virus outbreak, Portugal, 29 April to 23 May 2022

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• Mariana Perez Duque^1,* , Sofia Ribeiro^1,2,* , João Vieira Martins¹ , Pedro Casaca¹ , Pedro Pinto Leite¹ , Margarida Tavares^3,4,5,6 , Kamal Mansinho^7,8 , Luís Miguel Duque^9,10 , Cândida Fernandes¹¹ , Rita Cordeiro¹² , Maria José Borrego¹² , Ana Pelerito¹² , Isabel Lopes de Carvalho¹² , Sofia Núncio¹² , Vera Manageiro^12,13 , Corrado Minetti^12,13 , Jorge Machado¹² , Joana M Haussig¹⁴ , Roberto Croci¹⁴ , Gianfranco Spiteri¹⁴ , Ana Sofia Casal¹⁵ , Diana Mendes¹⁶ , Tiago Souto¹⁷ , Sara Pocinho¹⁷ , Teresa Fernandes¹⁵ , Ana Firme¹⁷ , Paula Vasconcelos¹⁷ , Graça Freitas¹⁸

Up to 27 May 2022, Portugal has detected 96 confirmed cases of monkeypox. We describe 27 confirmed cases (median age: 33 years (range: 22–51); all males), with an earliest symptom onset date of 29 April. Almost all cases (n = 25) live in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley health region. Most cases were neither part of identified transmission chains, nor linked to travel or had contact with symptomatic persons or with animals, suggesting the possible previously undetected spread of monkeypox.

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.22.2200424#html_fulltext