Locally acquired mpox outbreak in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: clinical presentation, risk factors and preventive measures

J Travel Med. 2023 Dec 28;30(8):taad150. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad150.

Nadeem Gul Dar¹, Sarah H Alfaraj¹, Khulood N Alboqmy¹, Hala Amer^{1

2}, Nazia Khanum¹, Faleh Alshakrah¹, Hassan Abdallah¹, Deva Kumar¹, Shaimaa H Alzarzour¹, Nojoom A Alzahrani¹, Jasser Y Arishy¹, Suhair A Ahmed¹, Vicenta Escorpion¹, Edna Lopez¹, Sami Jedeba¹, Ziad A Memish^{1

3

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5}

¹ Prevention and Control of Infection Administration, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 2897, Riyadh 11196, Saudi Arabia.
² Community Medicine Research Department, National Research Center, 33 El Buhouth Street 12622, Cairo, Egypt.
³ Research and Innovation Center, King Saud Medical City, P.O. Box 2897, Riyadh 11196, Ministry of Health & College of Medicine, Al Faisal University, P.O. Box 50927 Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 446-701, Korea.

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Keywords: Mpox; Saudi Arabia; cluster; sexually transmitted diseases.

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