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Volume 29, Number 10—October 2023
Dispatch

Mpox in Children and Adolescents during Multicountry Outbreak, 2022–2023

Ana Hoxha1Comments to Author , Steven M. Kerr1, Henry Laurenson-Schafer, Nikola Sklenovská, Bernadette Basuta Mirembe, Ingrid Hammermeister Nezu, Patricia Ndumbi, Julia Fitzner, Maria Almiron, Marcelo Vila, Richard Pebody, Aisling M. Vaughan, Joana M. Haussig, Luis Alves de Sousa, Okot Charles Lukoya, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Pierre Nabeth, Jeremias Domingos Naiene, Masaya Kato, Tamano Matsui, Krutika Kuppalli, Peter Omondi Mala, Rosamund F. Lewis, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Boris I. Pavlin, and WHO Mpox surveillance and Analytics Team
Author affiliations: Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland (A. Hoxha, H. Laurenson-Schafer, N. Sklenovska, B.B. Mirembe, I.H. Nezu, P. Ndumbi, J. Fitzner, K. Kuppalli, P.O. Mala, R.F. Lewis, O. le Polain de Waroux, B.I. Pavlin); CPC Analytics, Berlin, Germany (S.M. Kerr); WHO Regional Office for the Americas, Washington, DC, USA (M. Almiron, M. Vila); WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark (R. Pebody, A.M. Vaughan); European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Solna, Sweden (J.M. Haussig, L. Alves de Sousa); WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (O.C. Lukoya, O.F. Sanni); WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt (P. Nabeth, J.D. Naiene); WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, Delhi, India (M. Kato); WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines (T. Matsui)

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Table 1

Main epidemiologic characteristics of mpox in children and adolescents reported globally, January 2022–May 2023*

Characteristic No. (%) case-patients, by age group
0–4 y 5–12 y 13–17 y Total
Total
 328 (29.3)
 353 (31.6)
 437 (39.1)
 1,118 (100)
Sex
M 168 (51.2) 182 (51.6) 304 (69.6) 654 (58.5)
F 154 (47.0) 170 (48.2) 124 (28.4) 448 (40.1)
Unknown
 6 (1.8)
 1 (0.3)
 9 (2.1)
 16 (1.4)
Sexual behavior
MSM 0 0 37 (8.5) 37 (3.3)
Non-MSM 0 43 (12.2) 119 (27.2) 162 (14.5)
Unknown
 328 (100.0)
 310 (87.8)
 281 (64.3)
 919 (82.2)
HIV status
HIV+ 0 2 (0.6) 9 (2.1) 11 (1.0)
HIV− 84 (25.6) 94 (26.6) 163 (37.3) 341 (30.5)
Unknown
 244 (74.4)
 257 (72.8)
 265 (60.6)
 766 (68.5)
Immunosuppressed
Yes 1 (0.3) 2 (0.6) 4 (0.9) 7 (0.6)
No 116 (35.4) 119 (33.7) 176 (40.3) 411 (36.8)
Unknown
 211 (64.3)
 232 (65.7)
 257 (58.8)
 700 (62.6)
Known epidemiological link
Yes 26 (7.9) 18 (5.1) 23 (5.3) 67 (6.0)
No 41 (12.5) 51 (14.4) 134 (30.7) 226 (20.2)
Unknown 261 (79.6) 284 (80.5) 280 (64.1) 825 (73.8)

*Percentages are calculated by column for each epidemiologic characteristic grouping. Unknown means that the information for the variable is missing. MSM, men who have sex with men.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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