A seroprevalence study indicates a high proportion of clinically undiagnosed MPXV infections in men who have sex with men in Berlin, Germany
A substantial proportion of mpox infections were clinically undiagnosed. The number of condomless anal sex partners was strongly associated with both confirmed and suspected undiagnosed mpox infection. Therefore, mpox control measures based on clinical diagnosis of mpox are likely to have limited effectiveness in preventing mpox transmission in outbreak situations because many infections remain unrecognised and undiagnosed.
Authors
- Andreas Nitsche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-3176)
- Fridolin Treindl
- Ulrich Marcus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3143-2717)
- Daniel Stern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-4283)
- Denis Beslic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6346-7896)
- Nikolay Lunchenkov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8567-9240)
- Christoph Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0197-7991)
- Janine Michel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6227-3125)
- Rebecca Surtees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0265-8407)
- Axel Baumgarten
Institutions
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DE)
- Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (ZA)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10066-z
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94
Funders
- Robert Koch Institut