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. 2023 Nov 8;9(11):e22129. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22129

Table 1.

Epidemiological characteristics of 2022-mpox outbreak.

Study
Participants
HIV-positive
Specific behaviors
Age
Median (IQR)
Skin
Anogenital
Semen
Saliva
MSM MPXV DNA prevalence MPXV DNA prevalence MPXV DNA prevalence MPXV DNA prevalence
European Region (ECDC, 2023) [2] 25 471 3927/10 366 (38 %) 96 % 31–40+ 100 % NA NA NA
Spain (Hernaez et al., 2022) [3] 44 23/44 (52 %) 94 % 35 (11·3) NA NA NA 85 %
Italy (Agrati et al., 2022) [4] 17 7/17 (41 %) 100 % 39·5 (33·5–45·25) 100 % NA NA NA
France (Mailhe et al., 2022) [5] 264 73/256 (29 %) 95 % 35 (30–41) 98 % NA NA NA
Spain (Tarín-Vicente et al., 2022) [6] 181 72/181 (40 %) 92 % 37 (31–42) 99 % 78 % NA NA
Italy (Raccagni et al., 2022) [7] 36 15/36 (42 %) 100 % 34 (29–36.5) 100 %§ . 61 % NA
15 countries (Angelo et al., 2022)∗∗ [8] 226 92/209 (44 %) 99 % 37 (32–43) 100 % NA NA NA
Spain (Peiró-Mestres et al., 2022) [9] 12 4/12 (33 %) 98 % 38.5 (32–52) + 100 % 92 % 78 % 100 %
UK (Patel et al., 2022) [10] 197 70/195 (35.9 %) 99.5 % 38 100 % NA NA NA
16 countries (Thornhill et al., 2022) [11] 528 218/528 (41 %) 98 % 38 (18–69) + 100 % . 91 % NA
Italy (Lapa et al., 2022) [12] 1 1/1 (100 %) 100 % 39 NA NA 100 % NA
Germany (Hoffmann et al., 2022) [13] 546 256/546 (47 %) 100 % 39 (20–67) + 100 % NA NA NA
Spain (Vivancos-Gallego et al., 2022) [21] 25 25/25 (100 %) 100 % 39.5 (33–46) 91 % 90 % NA NA
Portugal (Duque et al., 2022) [14] 27 14/27 (52 %) 95 % (18/19) 33 (22–51) 100 % NA NA NA
Spain (Echevarría et al., 2023) [20] 49 15/49 (31 %) 96 % 37.6# 100 % 80 % NA NA
USA (Philpott et al., 2022) [15] 1195 136/334 (41 %) 94 % 35 (30–41) 100 % NA NA NA
Spain (Iñigo Martínez et al., 2022) [16] 508 225/508 (42 %) 93 % 35 (18–67) + 100 % NA NA NA
UK(Girometti, N., et, 2022) [17] 54 13/54 (24 %) 100 % 41 (34–45) 100 % NA NA NA
Spain (Orviz, E. et al., 2022) [18] 48 19/48 (40 %) 87.5 % 35 (29–44) 100 % NA NA NA
France (Palich et al., 2022) [19] 50 22/50 (44 %) 98 % 34 (29–40) 88 % 71 % 54 % NA

IQR- Interquartile range.

Includes perianal skin.

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, UK, and USA.

∗∗

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Romania, The Netherlands,UK, and USA.

+

Range in years.

#

Mean age.

Skin or anogenital samples combined.

§

Either skin, anogenital, or oropharyngeal samples combined.