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Paediatric Monkeypox Patient with Unknown Source of Infection, the Netherlands, June 2022

Overview
Journal Euro Surveill
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2022 Jul 22
PMID 35866435
Authors
A Marceline Tutu van Furth
Martijn van der Kuip
Anne L van Els
Lydia Cr Fievez
Gini Gc van Rijckevorsel
Anton van den Ouden
Marcel Jonges
Matthijs Ra Welkers
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Abstract

Since May 2022, an international monkeypox (MPX) outbreak has been ongoing in more than 50 countries. While most cases are men who have sex with men, transmission is not restricted to this population. In this report, we describe the case of a male child younger than 10 years with MPX in the Netherlands. Despite thorough source tracing, a likely source of infection has not been identified. No secondary cases were identified in close contacts.

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