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Volume 30, Number 11—November 2024
Dispatch

Analysis of Monkeypox Virus Exposures and Lesions by Anatomic Site

Sarah Anne J. GuagliardoComments to Author , Teresa Smith, Davidson H. Hamer, Ralph Huits, Phyllis Kozarsky, Michael Libman, Andrea M. McCollum, Kristina M. Angelo, and GeoSentinel Network Collaborators1
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S.A.J. Guagliardo, T. Smith, A.M. McCollum, K.M. Angelo); Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (D.H. Hamer); Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Boston (D.H. Hamer); IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Verona, Italy (R. Huits); Emory University, Atlanta (P. Kozarsky); McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M. Libman)

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Table 1

Characteristics of lesions and exposures among patients with monkeypox virus infection reported to GeoSentinel, May–July 2022*

Characteristics Total no. responses No. (%) responses
Yes† No/not reported Missing‡
Exposure site
Penis 226 138 (61.1) 88 (38.9) 0
Mouth 226 116 (51.3) 110 (48.7) 0
Rectum/anus
 226
 110 (48.7)
 116 (51.3)
 0
Lesion site
Penis 221 101 (45.7) 120 (54.3) 5 (2.2)
Mouth 218 60 (27.5) 158 (72.4) 8 (3.5)
Rectum/anus
 221
 43 (19.5)
 178 (80.5)
 5 (2.2)
Initial lesion onset site
Penis 226 41 (18.1) 185 (81.9) 0
Mouth 226 30 (13.2) 196 (86.7) 0
Rectum/anus 226 25 (11.1) 201 (88.9) 0

*Exposures at each anatomic location were recorded as yes or no/no response. †Among complete responses. ‡Among all patients in dataset, N = 226.

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1GeoSentinel Network Collaborators are listed at the end of this article.

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