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. 2022 Jul;27(27):2200499.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.27.2200499.

A shift from travel-associated cases to autochthonous transmission with Berlin as epicentre of the monkeypox outbreak in Germany, May to June 2022

Regina Selb  1 , Dirk Werber  2 , Gerhard Falkenhorst  3 , Gyde Steffen  1 , Raskit Lachmann  3 , Claudia Ruscher  2 , Sarah McFarland  2 , Alexander Bartel  2 , Lukas Hemmers  2   4   5 , Uwe Koppe  1 , Klaus Stark  3 , Viviane Bremer  1 , Klaus Jansen  1 ; Berlin MPX study group  6
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A shift from travel-associated cases to autochthonous transmission with Berlin as epicentre of the monkeypox outbreak in Germany, May to June 2022

Regina Selb et al. Euro Surveill. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

By 22 June 2022, 521 cases of monkeypox were notified in Germany. The median age was 38 years (IQR: 32-44); all cases were men. In Berlin, where 69% of all cases occurred, almost all were men who have sex with men. Monkeypox virus likely circulated unrecognised in Berlin before early May. Since mid-May, we observed a shift from travel-associated infections to mainly autochthonous transmission that predominantly took place in Berlin, often in association with visits to clubs and parties.

Keywords: MPX; MSM; men who have sex with men; monkeypox; outbreak.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases by date of symptom onset and probable place of infection, Germany, 20 May─22 June 2022 (n = 408)
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Figure 2
Probable place of infection of monkeypox cases by disease onseta or test dateb, Berlin, Germany, 20 May─21 June 2022 (n = 306)
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