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. 2024 Jan 30;12:1194844. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1194844

Table 6.

Level of presumed adequate immunity towards mpox according to GBMSM’s numbers of independent risk factors for mpox diagnosis (unweighted dataa).

Number of independent risk factors for mpox diagnosisa n Mpox diagnosis Mpox vaccinationb and smallpox vaccinationc Mpox vaccinationb and no smallpox vaccinationc No mpox diagnosis nor mpox vaccination
n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI)
None 1,104 3 0.3 (0.0–0.6) 12 1.1 (0.5–1.7) 41 3.7 (2.6–4.8) 1,048 94.9 (93.6–96.2)
One or more 1,356 61 4.5 (3.4–5.6) 181 13.3 (11.5–15.2) 251 18.5 (16.4–20.6) 863 63.6 (61.1–66.2)
One 746 13 1.7 (0.8–2.7) 80 10.7 (8.5–13.0) 114 15.3 (12.7–17.9) 539 72.3 (69.0–74.7)
Two 392 18 4.6 (2.5–6.7) 62 15.8 (12.2–19.4) 84 21.4 (17.4–18.3) 228 58.2 (53.3–59.1)
Three 218 30 13.8 (9.2–18.4) 39 17.9 (12.8–23.0) 53 24.3 (18.6–30.1) 96 44.0 (34.7–50.7)
a

N = 2,460.

b

Due to the timing of the survey, we assumed that all GBMSM reporting mpox vaccination had only received one dose of vaccine.

c

All participants born before 1976 were presumed to have received smallpox vaccination.