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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul;27(29):2200552.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.29.2200552.

Paediatric monkeypox patient with unknown source of infection, the Netherlands, June 2022

A Marceline Tutu van Furth  1   2 , Martijn van der Kuip  1   2 , Anne L van Els  1   2 , Lydia Cr Fievez  3 , Gini Gc van Rijckevorsel  3   4 , Anton van den Ouden  5 , Marcel Jonges  6 , Matthijs Ra Welkers  6   7
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Paediatric monkeypox patient with unknown source of infection, the Netherlands, June 2022

A Marceline Tutu van Furth et al. Euro Surveill. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

Since May 2022, an international monkeypox (MPX) outbreak has been ongoing in more than 50 countries. While most cases are men who have sex with men, transmission is not restricted to this population. In this report, we describe the case of a male child younger than 10 years with MPX in the Netherlands. Despite thorough source tracing, a likely source of infection has not been identified. No secondary cases were identified in close contacts.

Keywords: Monkeypox; Netherlands; child; whole genome sequencing.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: AvdO is employed by Molecular Biology Systems BV that developed the NextgenPCR machine used in this study.

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Monkeypox lesions, paediatric patient, the Netherlands, June 2022
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Figure 2
Timeline of key medical observations related to PCR quantification cycle values, paediatric monkeypox patient, the Netherlands, June 2022
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Whole genome sequencing of monkeypox virus from vesicle fluid, paediatric patient, the Netherlands, June 2022
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