Roughly 1% of gay, bisexual men in Portugal had mpox during 2022 outbreak
Mary Van Beusekom, MS, September 12, 2023
A genomic and epidemiologic analysis of data from the 2022 mpox outbreak estimates that 1.3% of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Portugal were infected.
Led by researchers from Portugal's national institute of health, the study involved the sequencing of 54.2% of the country's 495 confirmed mpox cases. Viral samples were obtained from May 4 to September 16, 2022.
Among the 447 patients with demographic data, 99.1% were men, 96.5% were MSM, 44.1% were aged 30 to 39 years, 28.4% were aged 20 to 29, and 20.4% were 40 to 49. A total of 42.9% of the patients with HIV information (168 of 392) were HIV-positive.
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