Monkeypox: An Italian, multicentre study of 104 cases

Carlo Alberto Maronese^{1

2}, Stefano Ramoni¹, Gianluca Avallone^{1

2

3}, Serena Giacalone^{1

2}, Eleonora Quattri^{1

2}, Valeria Gaspari⁴, Luca Rapparini^{4

5}, Silvia Robuffo^{4

5}, Sergio Delmonte³, Martina Merli³, Marco Tutone⁶, Giulia Facci⁶, Andrea Carugno^{7

8}, Michele Parietti⁷, Alessandra Latini⁹, Eugenia Giuliani¹⁰, Paolo Sena⁷, Simone Ribero³, Pietro Quaglino³, Bianca Maria Piraccini^{4

5}, Angelo Valerio Marzano^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
³ Dermatology Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
⁴ Dermatology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁶ Ce.Mu.S.S., Department of Prevention - ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy.
⁷ Dermatology Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
⁸ Ph.D. Program in Molecular and Translational Medicine (DIMET), University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
⁹ STI/HIV Unit, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Scientific Direction, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

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Multicenter Study

Carlo Alberto Maronese et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2024 Apr.

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. 2024 Apr;38(4):e312-e316.

doi: 10.1111/jdv.19587. Epub 2023 Nov 6.

¹ Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
³ Dermatology Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
⁴ Dermatology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁶ Ce.Mu.S.S., Department of Prevention - ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy.
⁷ Dermatology Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
⁸ Ph.D. Program in Molecular and Translational Medicine (DIMET), University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
⁹ STI/HIV Unit, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Scientific Direction, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

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