A Case of Mpox Reinfection

Stefano Musumeci; Iris Najjar; Emmanuelle Boffi El Amari; Manuel Schibler; Frédérique Jacquerioz; Sabine Yerly; Adriana Renzoni; Alexandra Calmy; Laurent Kaiser

doi:10.1093/cid/ciad147

A Case of Mpox Reinfection

Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 5;77(1):135-137. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad147.

Authors

Stefano Musumeci¹, Iris Najjar^{2

3}, Emmanuelle Boffi El Amari⁴, Manuel Schibler^{2

5}, Frédérique Jacquerioz^{3

6

7}, Sabine Yerly⁵, Adriana Renzoni⁵, Alexandra Calmy¹, Laurent Kaiser^{2

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ HIV/AIDS Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Geneva Center for Emerging Viral Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Emmanuelle Boffi El Amari Private Practice, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Laboratory of Virology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Primary Care Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.

Abstract

A healthy young man first diagnosed with mpox in May 2022 presented again in November 2022 with anal proctitis and a positive polymerase chain reaction on a rectal swab for Monkeypox virus after a recent trip to Brazil, where he engaged in condomless sexual intercourse with multiple male partners.

Keywords: Monkeypox virus; immunity; mpox; reinfection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brazil
Humans
Male
Monkeypox virus
Mpox (monkeypox)*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Reinfection