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Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Infection and Detection
Published on: February 7, 2019
Paediatric monkeypox patient with unknown source of infection, the Netherlands, June 2022
A Marceline Tutu van Furth1,2, Martijn van der Kuip1,2, Anne L van Els1,2
1Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital, Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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.
