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Case Reports
. 2023 Jan;29(1):222-223.
doi: 10.3201/eid2901.221662. Epub 2022 Nov 10.

Monkeypox Virus Infection in 22-Year-Old Woman after Sexual Intercourse, New York, USA

Nawras Zayat, Shirley Huang, Jude Wafai, Melissa Philadelphia
Case Reports

Monkeypox Virus Infection in 22-Year-Old Woman after Sexual Intercourse, New York, USA

Nawras Zayat et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Jan.

Abstract

We report a case of a 22-year-old woman in New York, USA, who had painful vulvar and intravaginal lesions after sexual intercourse and tested positive for monkeypox virus. Literature documenting the clinical manifestations of monkeypox in female genitalia remains insufficient.

Keywords: New York; United States; monkeypox; sexually transmitted infections; viruses; zoonoses.

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Numerous ulcerations with raised white borders extending from the labia minora into the vaginal walls in young woman with monkeypox virus infection, New York, USA
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