Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Sep;29(9):1872-1876. doi: 10.3201/eid2909.230541. Epub 2023 Jul 28.
We prospectively assessed asymptomatic monkeypox virus infections among men who have sex with men in Tokyo, Japan, during the initial phase of the mpox epidemic. Our findings suggest that asymptomatic infections were likely underestimated and were comparable in magnitude to symptomatic infections, highlighting the need to improve testing accessibility among high-risk populations.
我们在日本东京的男男性行为者中,前瞻性评估了在猴痘疫情初始阶段的无症状猴痘病毒感染。我们的研究结果表明,无症状感染可能被低估了,其规模与有症状感染相当,这凸显了在高危人群中提高检测可及性的必要性。