O'Neill Molly, LePage Tricia, Bester Vanessa, Yoon Henry, Browne Frederick, Nemec Eric C
Sacred Heart University PA Program, College of Health Professions, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06825, USA.
Augsburg University PA Program, 2211 Riverside Avenue, CB149, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
Physician Assist Clin. 2023 Jul;8(3):483-494. doi: 10.1016/j.cpha.2023.02.008. Epub 2023 Apr 3.
This article reviews Mpox, including its epidemiology, transmission, clinical presentation, diagnosis, prevention, and management and treatment of the virus. This article also investigates the current outbreak of Mpox in nonendemic countries, including the United States. It discusses the high prevalence of Mpox affecting the men who have sex with men community. It examines the social stigma related to disease outbreaks of the past and it provides strategies that should be implemented to prevent stigmatization of the men who have sex with men community with the present-day outbreak of Mpox.
本文综述了猴痘,包括其流行病学、传播、临床表现、诊断、预防以及该病毒的管理与治疗。本文还调查了包括美国在内的非流行国家当前的猴痘疫情。它讨论了猴痘在与男性发生性行为的男性群体中的高流行率。它审视了与过去疾病爆发相关的社会污名化现象,并提供了为防止在当前猴痘疫情中对与男性发生性行为的男性群体产生污名化而应实施的策略。