
UKHSA: Monkeypox Technical Briefing 1 published
The UK Health and Security Agency has published its first technical briefing for the Monkeypox outbreak in England.
Highlights:
- England has a level 2 outbreak: Transmission within a defined sub-population with high number of close contacts
- There are 336 laboratory confirmed cases of monkeypox in the UK
- 81% of cases in England are London residents
- 99% of cases are male
- Median age of confirmed cases was 38 years
- 151 of the 152 men interviewed identified as gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM)
- The current UK monkeypox strain contains 48 single mutations in its genome relative to the 2018 UK monkeypox strain
- There are 3 mutations in one protein which are classed as high priority
- There are 4 mutations at medium priority
- There are 2 mutations of low priority
- “We cannot yet determine if transmission has stopped increasing”
Monkeypox Technical Briefing 1 – Investigation into monkeypox outbreak in England technical briefing 1 – GOV.UK
The full Monkeypox Technical Briefing published 10th June 2022 can be read online here
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** This post was originally published on June 10, 2022 **