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Coordination Center of
Health Alerts and Emergencies
SECRETARY OF STATE
OF HEALTH
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
Situation report September 23, 2022
Alert on monkeypox infection in Spain and other non-endemic countries
...
Current situation in Spain.
In Spain, according to data from the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE), as of September 23,
a total of 7,122 confirmed cases of MPX have been reported.
The reported cases come from 17 Autonomous Communities, see Figure 1.
Of the cases reported in SiViES, a total of 6,974 are men and 148 are women. The age ranges from 7
months and 88 years, with a median age of 37 years (interquartile range: 31-44 years).
...
The date of symptom onset is available for 6,809 cases. Of these, the first reported case started symptoms
on April 26 and the last on September 16 (Figure 2). There is a delay between the date of onset of symptoms
and the date of diagnostic confirmation, with a median of 7 days (IQR 4-9 days). On the other hand, there is also
a delay in the notification of cases to the SiViEs platform. For these reasons, the interpretation of the last
days of the epidemic curve should be done with caution.
...
The cases with clinical information presented mainly anogenital rash (63%), fever (57.1%),
rash in other locations (not anogenital or oral-buccal) (55.8%) and lymphadenopathy (52.4%) (Figure 3).
...
A total of 496 cases of the 5,449 with information (9.1%) presented complications throughout their process.
clinical. The most frequent were mouth ulcers and secondary bacterial infections.
Of the 6,373 cases with available information, 226 cases were hospitalized (3.6%). Two of the cases have
died of meningoencephalitis and one person with concomitant infection with monkeypox has died
for other reasons.
5,457 of 5,679 cases with available information were men who have sex with men (96.1%). Nope
information is available on 1,443 cases.
Regarding the most likely transmission mechanism, of the 4,634 cases with available information, in the
92.9% was due to close contact in the context of a sexual relationship and 7.1% due to non-close contact.
sexual. Two cases are associated with occupational exposure in the health field. In the 2,488 cases
remaining, the information is pending, not specified or not available.
In relation to attendance at mass events, of the 5,628 cases with information on this variable, 959
attended an event on the dates prior to the onset of symptoms.
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https://www.sanidad.gob.es/en/profe...ox/docs/Informe_de_situacion_MPX_20220923.pdf
Coordination Center of
Health Alerts and Emergencies
SECRETARY OF STATE
OF HEALTH
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
Situation report September 23, 2022
Alert on monkeypox infection in Spain and other non-endemic countries
...
Current situation in Spain.
In Spain, according to data from the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE), as of September 23,
a total of 7,122 confirmed cases of MPX have been reported.
The reported cases come from 17 Autonomous Communities, see Figure 1.
Of the cases reported in SiViES, a total of 6,974 are men and 148 are women. The age ranges from 7
months and 88 years, with a median age of 37 years (interquartile range: 31-44 years).
...
The date of symptom onset is available for 6,809 cases. Of these, the first reported case started symptoms
on April 26 and the last on September 16 (Figure 2). There is a delay between the date of onset of symptoms
and the date of diagnostic confirmation, with a median of 7 days (IQR 4-9 days). On the other hand, there is also
a delay in the notification of cases to the SiViEs platform. For these reasons, the interpretation of the last
days of the epidemic curve should be done with caution.
...
The cases with clinical information presented mainly anogenital rash (63%), fever (57.1%),
rash in other locations (not anogenital or oral-buccal) (55.8%) and lymphadenopathy (52.4%) (Figure 3).
...
A total of 496 cases of the 5,449 with information (9.1%) presented complications throughout their process.
clinical. The most frequent were mouth ulcers and secondary bacterial infections.
Of the 6,373 cases with available information, 226 cases were hospitalized (3.6%). Two of the cases have
died of meningoencephalitis and one person with concomitant infection with monkeypox has died
for other reasons.
5,457 of 5,679 cases with available information were men who have sex with men (96.1%). Nope
information is available on 1,443 cases.
Regarding the most likely transmission mechanism, of the 4,634 cases with available information, in the
92.9% was due to close contact in the context of a sexual relationship and 7.1% due to non-close contact.
sexual. Two cases are associated with occupational exposure in the health field. In the 2,488 cases
remaining, the information is pending, not specified or not available.
In relation to attendance at mass events, of the 5,628 cases with information on this variable, 959
attended an event on the dates prior to the onset of symptoms.
...
https://www.sanidad.gob.es/en/profe...ox/docs/Informe_de_situacion_MPX_20220923.pdf