Patient characteristics
A total of 148 patients were positive to mpox by qPCR (ct < 28). Available medical records showed that 95% were men and 5% transgender (M-to-F). Ninety percent of patients were MSM, of whom 50% were taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, and 25% lived with HIV. A quarter of the patients had travelled within 3 weeks prior to mpox diagnosis (>85% to Europe, none to Africa). Only, 5% of the patients were hospitalized, mostly for severe pharyngeal/tonsils.