JAMA Network October 14, 2024
Boghuma K. Titanji, Aniruddha Hazra, Jason Zucker

Abstract

Importance
A global outbreak of clade IIb Monkeypox virus (MPXV) infections spread rapidly across at least 118 countries resulting in a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) from July 2022 to May 2023. This outbreak affected more than 99 000 persons worldwide and caused more than 33 000 infections and 60 deaths in the US. In 2024, there have been approximately 200 new infections per month in the US. On August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a PHEIC for a second time due to a rapid increase in infections with clade I MPXV in Central Africa.

Observations
Mpox is primarily acquired through direct skin to skin contact with MPXV. With clade IIb MPXV, infections are most commonly...

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