Detection of Monkeypox Virus in Anorectal Swabs From Asymptomatic Men Who Have Sex With Men in a Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Program in Paris, France

Ann Intern Med. 2022 Oct;175(10):1491-1492. doi: 10.7326/M22-2183. Epub 2022 Aug 16.

Authors

Valentine Marie Ferré¹, Antoine Bachelard², Meryem Zaidi¹, Laurence Armand-Lefevre³, Diane Descamps¹, Charlotte Charpentier¹, Jade Ghosn²

Affiliations

¹ Service de Virologie, Université Paris Cité, INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, AP-HP.Nord, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
² Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Université Paris Cité, INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, AP-HP.Nord, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
³ Service de Bactériologie, Université Paris Cité, INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, AP-HP.Nord, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.

PMID: 35969863
DOI: 10.7326/M22-2183

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

HIV Infections* / diagnosis
HIV Infections* / epidemiology
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Male
Monkeypox virus
Paris / epidemiology
Prevalence
Sexual and Gender Minorities*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases* / diagnosis
Sexually Transmitted Diseases* / epidemiology