Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
Synopsis
Epidemiologic Characteristics of Mpox among People Experiencing Homelessness, Los Angeles County, California, USA, 2022
Hannah K. Brosnan, Karen W. Yeh, Padma S. Jones, Sohum Gokhale, Dalia Regos-Stewart, Hang Tran, Kathleen Poortinga, Phoebe Danza, Rebecca Fisher, Lauren E. Finn, Chelsea Foo, and Alicia H. Chang
Table 2
Self-reported behavioral characteristics among mpox case-patients experiencing homelessness interviewed in Los Angeles County, California, USA, July 16–September 22, 2022
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Total interviewed* |
101 (86) |
| Reported exposure to monkeypox case | |
| Y | 21 (21) |
| N | 45 (45) |
| Don't know | 34 (34 |
| Did not answer |
1 (1) |
| Attended large public or private event | |
| Y | 24 (24) |
| N | 75 (74) |
| Did not answer |
2 (2) |
| Traveled | |
| Y | 5 (5) |
| N | 94 (93) |
| Did not answer |
2 (2) |
| Had sexual contact with >1 partners | |
| Y | 74 (73) |
| N | 23 (23) |
| Did not answer |
4 (4) |
| No. of partners, n = 74 | |
| Unknown | 2 (3) |
| 1 | 30 (40) |
| 2–5 | 31 (42) |
| >6 |
11 (15) |
| Venues for meeting sex partners,† n = 74 | |
| Online apps | 34 (46) |
| Social event, bathhouse, sex club | 5 (7) |
| Other | 20 (27) |
| All other venues | 17 (23) |
| Not applicable, e.g., long-term partner |
11 (15) |
| Participated in group sex, n = 74 | |
| Y | 9 (12) |
| N |
65 (88) |
| Gave or received drugs/money/favors/food/housing for sex, n = 74 | |
| Y | 11 (15) |
| N |
63 (85) |
| Signs and symptoms† | |
| Rash, including lesions or skin bumps | 96 (95) |
| Malaise: general feeling of illness/weakness | 63 (62) |
| Fever | 62 (61) |
| Enlarged lymph nodes | 54 (53) |
| Headache | 51 (51) |
| Myalgia | 49 (49) |
| Chills | 47 (47) |
| Pruritis | 45 (45) |
| Back pain | 31 (31) |
| Vomiting or nausea | 24 (24) |
| Rectal pain | 23 (23) |
| Cough | 22 (22) |
| Abdominal pain | 21 (21) |
| Runny nose | 17 (17) |
| Pus or blood on stools | 14 (14) |
| Rectal bleeding | 11 (11) |
| Eye lesions | 7 (7) |
| Conjunctivitis | 5 (5) |
| Tenesmus | 5 (5) |
*Among 118 mpox case-patients experiencing homelessness. †Not mutually exclusive categories.
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