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. 2023 Mar 14;2023(3):CD015769. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015769
Patient or population: people infected with mpox
Setting: USA, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, Switzerland
Intervention: tecovirimat
Comparison: placebo
Outcomes Anticipated absolute effects (95% CI) Relative effect (95% CI) No. of participants (studies) Certainty of the evidence (GRADE) Comment
Risk with placebo Risk with tecovirimat
Serious adverse events
Development of complications (proctitis, urethritis, ophthalmic complications)
Admission to hospital
Pain
Risk of onward transmission
Time to healing of all skin lesions “re‐epithelialization”
Mortality