Surge of Mpox cases in Lombardy region, Italy, October 2023 - January 2024

Davide Moschese; Angelo Roberto Raccagni; Andrea Giacomelli; Antonio Piralla; Roberto Rossotti; Alessandro Raimondi; Daniele Tesoro; Luigi Vezzosi; Maurizio Gulletta; Nicola Clementi; Serena Venturelli; Susanna Benardon; Davide Ricaboni; Dario Bernacchia; Alessandro Mancon; Francesca Rovida; Federica Attanasi; Danilo Cereda; Maria Rita Gismondo; Andrea Gori; Giuliano Rizzardini; Spinello Antinori; Fausto Baldanti; Angelo Valerio Marzano; Giulia Marchetti; Francesco Castelli; Antonella Castagna; Silvia Nozza; Davide Mileto; Mpox Lombardy study group

doi:10.1093/cid/ciae184

Surge of Mpox cases in Lombardy region, Italy, October 2023 - January 2024

Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 4:ciae184. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae184. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Davide Moschese¹, Angelo Roberto Raccagni², Andrea Giacomelli³, Antonio Piralla⁴, Roberto Rossotti⁵, Alessandro Raimondi⁵, Daniele Tesoro⁶, Luigi Vezzosi⁷, Maurizio Gulletta⁸, Nicola Clementi⁹, Serena Venturelli¹⁰, Susanna Benardon¹¹, Davide Ricaboni¹², Dario Bernacchia¹³, Alessandro Mancon¹⁴, Francesca Rovida^{15

4}, Federica Attanasi⁷, Danilo Cereda⁷, Maria Rita Gismondo^{14

16}, Andrea Gori^{16

17

18}, Giuliano Rizzardini¹, Spinello Antinori^{3

16}, Fausto Baldanti^{15

4}, Angelo Valerio Marzano^{11

19}, Giulia Marchetti^{6

20}, Francesco Castelli^{8

21}, Antonella Castagna^{2

22}, Silvia Nozza^{2

22}, Davide Mileto¹⁴; Mpox Lombardy study group

Collaborators

Affiliations

¹ I Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
² Infectious Diseases Unit, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
³ III Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, School of Medicine and Surgery, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Unit of Infectious Diseases, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy.
⁷ General Directorate of Welfare, Regione Lombardia, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
⁹ Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ Infectious Diseases Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
¹¹ Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
¹² Infectious Diseases Unit, Sant'Anna Hospital, Como, Italy.
¹³ Infectious Diseases Unit, ASST Ovest Milanese, Legnano General Hospital, Legnano, Italy.
¹⁴ Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergencies, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic, and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
¹⁶ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences L. Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
¹⁷ Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
¹⁸ II Infectious Diseases Unit, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
¹⁹ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
²⁰ Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
²¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
²² Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 38573320
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae184

No abstract available

Keywords: Monkeypox virus; MSM; Milan; Mpox outbreak; vaccine.