Monkeypox 2022 outbreak: cases with exclusive genital lesions

Description of the monkeypox 2022 outbreak is essentially based on historical cases mostly observed locally in Africa, but also from rare imported cases in four countries elsewhere, before the 2022 outbreak. This orthopoxvirus outbreak appears to be particularly well transmitted sexually possibly due to the high prevalence of genital lesions.

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The description of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak is mainly based on historical cases observed locally in Africa, along with rare imported cases in four other countries prior to the outbreak. This outbreak of orthopoxvirus seems to have a particularly high sexual transmission rate, possibly due to the prevalence of genital lesions.