Be vigilant! Domestic appearance of female monkeypox infected individuals
On September 15th, the National Health Commission announced that from September 20th, 2023, monkeypox will be included in the management of Class B infectious diseases, and prevention and control measures will be taken for Class B infectious diseases. On September 8, China National Center for Disease Control and Prevention also released the monitoring of the monkeypox epidemic in August 2023, stating that from August 1 to 31, 2023, there were 501 new confirmed cases of monkeypox reported in mainland China. Among them, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Beijing, and Sichuan are the most common, with no severe cases or deaths.
According to epidemiological investigation and analysis, at present, the characteristics of the monkeypox epidemic in China are as follows: firstly, 98.9% of cases are male, and 92.5% of cases are clearly male behavioral groups; Secondly, there were 5 females in the case who had a history of heterosexual contact within 21 days before the onset of the disease. The likelihood of infection through heterosexual contact was high. Among the heterosexual partners, 3 were monkeypox infected, 1 had a recent history of rash, and 1 had no monkeypox related symptoms; Thirdly, the risk of transmission through other forms of contact is low, with only one close contact person infected except for sexual contact; The fourth is that 93.2% of cases were discovered through active medical visits, 5.3% were discovered through close contact tracing and screening, and the rest were discovered through active reporting and physical examinations.