Table 1. Monkeypox laboratory-confirmed-cases’ characteristics and delay between collection of anal and urethral swabs and time of symptom onset, Italy, May–July 2022 (n = 33 cases).

Characteristics
Median age in years (IQR)	38 (34‒43)
Number of cases of male biological sex^a	33
Number of cases with comorbidities other than HIV^b	4
Number of cases who were people living with HIV	17
Number of cases with < 50 copies/mL of HIV-RNA	16
Median CD4 count (IQR)	678 (526‒933)
Number of cases on HIV PrEP	9
Number of cases with STIs in previous medical history	28
Number of cases with concomitant STIs	7
Number of cases with smallpox vaccination	3
Number of cases with self-reported sexual activity in the last month
Number of cases with unprotected sexual intercourse	25
Number of cases with protected sexual intercourse only	5
Number of cases with oral unprotected intercourse only	3
Number of cases with specific lesions
Number of cases with perianal lesions	7
Number of cases with lesions ≤ 2 cm from anal rim	6
Number of cases with glans lesions	3
Number of cases with at least one anal swab collected	32
Number of cases with anal swab collected ≤ 7 days from symptom onset	22
Number of cases with anal swab collected 8–14 days from symptom onset	7
Number of cases with anal swab collected 15–21 days from symptom onset	3
Number of days of cases with at least one urethral swab collected	33
Number of cases with urethral swab collected ≤ 7 days from symptom onset	18
Number of cases with urethral swab collected 8–14 days from symptom onset	13
Number of cases with urethral swab collected 15–21 days from symptom onset	2

CD4: cluster of differentiation; IQR: interquartile range; PrEP: pre-exposure prophylaxis; STIs: sexually transmitted infections.

^a Data on sex were collected as binary variables (male/female).

^b Major depression, anxiety disorder in two cases, previous hepatitis B and previous hepatitis C.