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Comment
. 2023 Jan;86(1):e18-e20.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.08.019. Epub 2022 Aug 22.

Natural history of human Monkeypox in individuals attending a sexual health clinic in Milan, Italy

Davide Moschese  1 , Giacomo Pozza  2 , Andrea Giacomelli  2 , Davide Mileto  3 , Maria Vittoria Cossu  4 , Martina Beltrami  2 , Alberto Rizzo  3 , Maria Rita Gismondo  5 , Giuliano Rizzardini  4 , Spinello Antinori  6
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Natural history of human Monkeypox in individuals attending a sexual health clinic in Milan, Italy

Davide Moschese et al. J Infect. 2023 Jan.
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Keywords: Healing; Hiv; Non-endemic; Sexual intercourse; Symptoms onset.

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Declaration of Competing Interest All authors: No reported conflicts of interest related to the present manuscript. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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Graphical representation of illness progression among individuals with monkeypox virus infection starting from the first symptoms onset among fever, rash and lymphadenopathy*. Each line represents one of the 32 subjects included in the study. * In three subjects other systemic symptoms comprehensive of fatigue, asthenia, malaise, back pain, abdominal symptoms, sore throat and headache were reported 1–4 days preceding fever and/or rash and/or lymphadenopathy onset. In all other cases when other systemic symptoms were presented were contextual to one among fever, rash and lymphadenopathy.
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