Introduction and Differential Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Argentina, 2022

Abstract

We report detection of cases of monkeypox virus infection in Argentina in the context of a marked increase in confounding cases of atypical hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome caused by enterovirus coxsackie A6. We recommend performing an accurate differential virological diagnosis for exanthematous disease in suspected monkeypox cases.

Keywords

• monkeypox
• atypical hand-foot-mouth syndrome
• enterovirus coxsackie
• A6
• viruses
• sexually transmitted infections