The first female case of human monkeypox in Yunnan Province
10.3969/j.issn.1002-2694.2024.00.083
- VernacularTitle:云南省首例女性感染猴痘病例的发现与调查处置
- Author:
Yang ZHOU
1
;
De-Li QI
;
Zheng-Ji CHEN
;
Zhi-Peng MAO
;
Min DAI
;
Yu-Dong GAO
;
Si-Yi LUO
;
Shao-Hua PAN
;
Hong-Hai SU
Author Information
1. 昆明市疾病预防控制中心,昆明 650228
- Keywords:
Monkeypox;
the first case;
female infection
- From:
Chinese Journal of Zoonoses
2024;40(6):599-603
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This is the first reported case of a female with monkeypox infection in Kunming City,Yunnan Province.An epi-demiological investigation was conducted to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of monkeypox epidemics in China,especially for early detection in females in accordance with the"Monkeypox prevention and control program(2023 ver-sion)".Diagnosis was performed as described in the"Monkeypox Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines(2022 version)".Speci-mens were collected for laboratory testing.The epidemiological investigation determined that the female patient had sexual in-tercourse with her newly married husband once before disease onset and the husband hid his history of male homosexual sex.The laboratory test results of the woman and her husband were positive for the nucleic acid of the monkeypox virus.Both had typical clinical symptoms,including rash.The epidemiological investigation,clinical symptoms,laboratory test results,and previous epidemic data of monkeypox in Yunnan province confirmed the woman as the first female infected with monkeypox in Yunnan Province and her husband was the presumed source of infection.
