Human Monkeypox without Viral Prodrome or Sexual Exposure, California, USA, 2022

Abstract

We report human monkeypox in a man who returned to the United States from the United Kingdom and reported no sexual contact. He had vesicular and pustular skin lesions but no anogenital involvement. The potential modes of transmission may have implications for the risk of spread and for epidemic control.

Keywords

• monkeypox
• viruses
• orthopoxvirus
• epidemic
• United States