Epidemiologic Features and Control Measures during Monkeypox Outbreak, Spain, June 2022

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 1847 - 1851
• Main Authors: Suárez Rodríguez, Berta, Guzmán Herrador, Bernardo R, Díaz Franco, Asunción, Sánchez-Seco Fariñas, María Paz, Del Amo Valero, Julia, Aginagalde Llorente, Adrián Hugo, de Agreda, Juan Pablo Alonso Pérez, Malonda, Rosa Carbó, Castrillejo, Daniel, Chirlaque López, María Dolores, Chong Chong, Eduardo Javier, Balbuena, Sonia Fernández, García, Virtudes Gallardo, García-Cenoz, Manuel, Hernández, Laura García, Montalbán, Elisa Gil, Carril, Fernando González, Cortijo, Teresa González, Bueno, Susana Jiménez, Sánchez, Aurora Limia, Linares Dópido, Juan Antonio, Lorusso, Nicola, Martins, Mario Margolles, Martínez Ochoa, Eva María, Mateo, Ana Martínez, Peña, Jacobo Mendioroz, Antón, Ana Isabel Negredo, Otero Barrós, María Teresa, Martinez, Maria Del Carmen Pacheco, Jiménez, Pilar Peces, Martín, Oscar-Guillermo Pérez, Rivas Pérez, Ana Isabel, García, María Sastre, Response Group, National Monkeypox, Soria, Fernando Simón, Sierra Moros, María José
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-09-2022; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Control; Disease Outbreaks; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Dispatch; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Human monkeypox; Humans; Infectious diseases; Medical personnel; Monkeypox; Monkeypox virus; monkeypox viruses; Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology; multicountry; NGOs; Nongovernmental organizations; outbreak; Outbreaks; Patients; Public health; response; Spain - epidemiology; Statistics; United Kingdom; Vaccines; viruses; Womens health; Spain; United Kingdom; Madrid Spain; men who have had sex with men; viruses; bioterrorism and preparedness; multicountry; MSM; zoonoses; epidemiologic features; monkeypox viruses; Spain; control measures; response; monkeypox; outbreak
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2809.221051

During June 2022, Spain was one of the countries most affected worldwide by a multicountry monkeypox outbreak with chains of transmission without identified links to disease-endemic countries. We provide epidemiologic features of cases reported in Spain and the coordinated measures taken to respond to this outbreak.