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

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• Mariana Perez Duque[SUP]1,*[/SUP] , Sofia Ribeiro[SUP]1,2,*[/SUP] , João Vieira Martins[SUP]1[/SUP] , Pedro Casaca[SUP]1[/SUP] , Pedro Pinto Leite[SUP]1[/SUP] , Margarida Tavares[SUP]3,4,5,6[/SUP] , Kamal Mansinho[SUP]7,8[/SUP] , Luís Miguel Duque[SUP]9,10[/SUP] , Cândida Fernandes[SUP]11[/SUP] , Rita Cordeiro[SUP]12[/SUP] , Maria José Borrego[SUP]12[/SUP] , Ana Pelerito[SUP]12[/SUP] , Isabel Lopes de Carvalho[SUP]12[/SUP] , Sofia Núncio[SUP]12[/SUP] , Vera Manageiro[SUP]12,13[/SUP] , Corrado Minetti[SUP]12,13[/SUP] , Jorge Machado[SUP]12[/SUP] , Joana M Haussig[SUP]14[/SUP] , Roberto Croci[SUP]14[/SUP] , Gianfranco Spiteri[SUP]14[/SUP] , Ana Sofia Casal[SUP]15[/SUP] , Diana Mendes[SUP]16[/SUP] , Tiago Souto[SUP]17[/SUP] , Sara Pocinho[SUP]17[/SUP] , Teresa Fernandes[SUP]15[/SUP] , Ana Firme[SUP]17[/SUP] , Paula Vasconcelos[SUP]17[/SUP] , Graça Freitas[SUP]18[/SUP]

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