Analysis of Monkeypox Virus Exposures and Lesions by Anatomic Site

Abstract

We used cross-sectional data from 226 patients with monkeypox virus to investigate the association between anatomic exposure site and lesion development. Penile, anorectal, and oral exposures predicted lesion presence at correlating anatomic sites. Exposure site also predicted the first lesion site of the penis and anus.

Keywords

• Mpox
• monkeypox virus
• exposure site
• lesions
• viruses
• GeoSentinel Network