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Dimie Ogoina1, Inestol Oru Oru2, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye3
1Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Niger Delta University/Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Yenagoa, Nigeria.
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We report the first case of recurrent Mpox from Africa. The patient is a 36-year-old, previously healthy, HIV-negative male healthcare worker who developed two episodes of laboratory-confirmed Mpox in 2017 and 2018, 9 months apart. In both cases, he had prior close contact with confirmed Mpox cases in the hospital setting. On follow-up in 2022, he also reported recurrent postcoital skin eruptions over a previously healed genital scar from the first episode of Mpox. We highlight the need for future studies to investigate the true burden and risk factors for Mpox reinfection, relapse, and recrudescence.
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