Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2022)

Ten-Week Follow-Up of Monkeypox Case-Patient, Sweden, 2022

  • Aleksandra Pettke,
  • Finn Filén,
  • Katarina Widgren,
  • Andreas Jacks,
  • Hedvig Glans,
  • Sofia Andreasson,
  • Shaman Muradrasoli,
  • Sofia Helgesson,
  • Elenor Hauzenberger,
  • Maria Lind Karlberg,
  • Noura Walai,
  • Annelie Bjerkner,
  • Hadrien Gourlé,
  • Sara Gredmark-Russ,
  • Oskar Karlsson Lindsjö,
  • Klara Sondén,
  • Hilmir Asgeirsson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2810.221107
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 10
pp. 2074 – 2077

Abstract

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A previously healthy male patient had detectable monkeypox virus DNA in saliva 76 days after laboratory confirmation of infection. A comprehensive characterization of viral kinetics and a detailed follow-up indicated a declining risk for transmission during the weeks after monkeypox symptoms appeared.

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