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Volume 31, Number 10—October 2025

Research

Prolonged Monkeypox Virus Infections, California, USA, May 2022–August 2024

Samuel SchildhauerComments to Author , Kayla Saadeh, Robert E. Snyder, Eric C. Tang, Eric Chapman, Deanna A. Sykes, Philip Peters, Kathleen Jacobson, Jessica Watson, and Kelly A. Johnson
Author affiliation: University of California School of Medicine, Davis, California (S. Schildhauer); California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA (S. Schildhauer, K. Saadeh, E.C. Tang, K. Jacobson, J. Watson, K.A. Johnson); California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, California, USA (R.E. Snyder, E. Chapman, D.A. Sykes, P. Peters); University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (K.A. Johnson)

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Table 3

CD4 count and viral load among 2,599 persons with HIV among patients with prolonged and nonprolonged monkeypox virus infections, California, USA, May 12, 2022–August 31, 2024

Value Prolonged
Nonprolonged
Total
No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI)
CD4 count
<200 5 10.0 (3.33–21.81) 100 3.9 (3.24–4.75) 105 4.0 (3.35–4.87)
200–499 8 16.0 (7.17–29.11) 514 20.2 (18.65–21.77) 522 20.1 (18.59–21.67)
>500* 14 28.0 (16.23–42.49) 1,474 57.8 (55.9–59.73) 1,488 57.3 (55.34–59.14)
Out of care*
23
46.0 (31.81–60.68)

461
18.1 (16.64–19.63)

484
18.6 (17.17–20.17)
Viral load
<200* 21 42.0 (28.19–56.79) 1,836 72.0 (70.25–73.74) 1,857 71.5 (69.68–73.15)
>200 6 12.0 (4.53–24.31) 228 8.9 (7.9–10.12) 234 9.0 (7.96–10.17)
Out of care*
23
46.0 (31.81–60.68)

485
19.0 (17.55–20.6)

508
19.5 (18.07–21.12)
Total 50 2,549 2,599

*Indicates nonoverlapping 95% CIs (statistical significance).

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