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A shift from travel-associated cases to autochthonous transmission with Berlin as epicentre of the monkeypox outbreak in Germany, May to June 2022 (2022)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Selb, Regina

Werber, Dirk

Falkenhorst, Gerhard

Steffen, Gyde

Lachmann, Raskit

Ruscher, Claudia

McFarland, Sarah

Bartel, Alexander (WE 16)

Hemmers, Lukas

Koppe, Uwe

Stark, Klaus

Bremer, Viviane

Jansen, Klaus

Abdelgawad, Inas

Bukowski, Britta

George, Maja

Harder, Harriet

Jänsch, Monika

Kunitz, Frank

Kunze, Mareike

Martens, Elmira

Möller-Kutzki, Marcel

Müller, Lukas B.

Murajda, Lukas

Schilling, Birte

Schönebeck, Maria

Specker, Jonathan

Touré, Yasmine

Zuschneid, Irina

Quelle

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

Bandzählung: 27

Heftzählung: 27

Seiten: Artikel 2200499

ISSN: 1560-7917

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.27.2200499

DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.27.2200499

Pubmed: 35801518

Kontakt

Institut für Veterinär-Epidemiologie und Biometrie

Königsweg 67
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 56034
epi@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Members of the Berlin MPX study group:
Inas Abdelgawad, Britta Bukowski, Maja George, Harriet Harder, Monika Jänsch, Frank Kunitz, Mareike Kunze, Elmira Martens, Marcel Möller-Kutzki, Lukas B. Müller, Lukas Murajda, Birte Schilling, Maria Schönebeck, Jonathan Specker, Yasmine Touré, Irina Zuschneid

Abstract:
By 22 June 2022, 521 cases of monkeypox were notified in Germany. The median age was 38 years (IQR: 32–44); all cases were men. In Berlin, where 69% of all cases occurred, almost all were men who have sex with men. Monkeypox virus likely circulated unrecognised in Berlin before early May. Since mid-May, we observed a shift from travel-associated infections to mainly autochthonous transmission that predominantly took place in Berlin, often in association with visits to clubs and parties.