Two Cases of Monkeypox Imported to the United Kingdom, September 2018

Overview

Journal Euro Surveill

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2018 Sep 27

PMID 30255836

Citations 206

Authors

Aisling Vaughan

Emma Aarons

John Astbury

Sooria Balasegaram

Mike Beadsworth

Charles R Beck

Meera Chand

Catherine OConnor

Jake Dunning

Sam Ghebrehewet

Nick Harper

Ruth Howlett-Shipley

Chikwe Ihekweazu

Michael Jacobs

Lukeki Kaindama

Parisha Katwa

Saye Khoo

Lucy Lamb

Sharon Mawdsley

Dilys Morgan

Ruth Palmer

Nick Phin

Katherine Russell

Bengu Said

Andrew Simpson

Roberto Vivancos

Michael Wade

Amanda Walsh

Jennifer Wilburn

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Abstract

In early September 2018, two cases of monkeypox were reported in the United Kingdom (UK), diagnosed on 7 September in Cornwall (South West England) and 11 September in Blackpool (North West England). The cases were epidemiologically unconnected and had recently travelled to the UK from Nigeria, where monkeypox is currently circulating. We describe the epidemiology and the public health response for the first diagnosed cases outside the African continent since 2003.

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