Imported Monkeypox, Singapore
Sarah Ee Fang Yong, Oon Tek Ng, Zheng Jie Marc Ho, Tze Minn Mak, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Shawn Vasoo, Tsin Wen Yeo, Yi Kai Ng, Lin Cui, Zannatul Ferdous, Po Ying Chia, Bryan Jun Wei Aw, Charmaine Malenab Manauis, Constance Khia Ki Low, Guanhao Chan, Xinyi Peh, Poh Lian Lim, Li Ping Angela Chow, Monica Chan, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Mok Kwee Derrick Heng
, and Yee Sin Leo
Author affiliations: Ministry of Health Singapore, Singapore (S.E.F. Yong, Z.J.M. Ho, C.K.K. Low, G. Chan, X. Peh, V.J.M. Lee, M.K.D. Heng); National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore (O.T. Ng, T.M. Mak, K. Marimuthu, S. Vasoo, T.W. Yeo, Y.K. Ng, L. Cui, Z. Ferdous, P.Y. Chia, B.J.W. Aw, C.M. Manauis, P.L. Lim, L.P.A. Chow, M. Chan, R.T.P. Lin, Y.S. Leo); National Public Health Laboratory, Singapore (T.M. Mak, Y.K. Ng, L. Cui, R.T.P. Lin); Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore (O.T. Ng, K. Marimuthu, S. Vasoo, T.W. Yeo, Z. Ferdous, P.Y. Chia, B.J.W. Aw, C.M. Manauis, P.L. Lim, L.P.A. Chow, Y.S. Leo); National University Health System, Singapore (S.E.F. Yong); Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (O.T. Ng, P.Y. Chia, P.L. Lim, Y.S. Leo); National University of Singapore, Singapore (K. Marimuthu, P.L. Lim, Y.S. Leo)
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Dermatologic features of monkeypox in a 38-year-old man, Singapore, 2019. A) Pustular lesions on the hand at the start of hospitalization. B, C) Resolving lesions with shedding of scabs of the hands (B) and feet (C) toward end of hospitalization (day 17). D, E) Crusting of right fourth finger lesion (D) and lesions at varying stages (vesicles and scabbing) on the left chest (E) on day 15 of hospitalization.
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