Of the 32 patients, 12 reported traveling abroad
Its confirmed cases amount to 32 Smallpox of the Monkeys in Greece, according to the last weekly report of EODY.
The report in more detail:
“In May 2022, an increased number of monkeypox cases were recorded in non-endemic countries. In total, in Europe, until July 26, 2022, 13,043 cases of the disease were recorded in 37 different countries (source: https://monkeypoxreport.ecdc.europa.eu/).
The data presented in this report concern the laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox virus infection in Greece, based on the data declared to EODY and recorded until July 28, 2022.
Epidemiological surveillance data comes from the statements sent by the attending physicians to the National Public Health Organization (EODY) about the cases, as well as from daily communication with collaborating laboratories involved in the diagnosis of monkeypox virus infection.
THE Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Intervention for Infectious Diseases of EODY carries out a systematic investigation of the diagnosed cases, through communication with the attending physicians and/or through interviews with the patients, in order to determine the characteristics of the disease and the risk factors.
The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases since the start of registration is 32 (all men, median age: 38 years (22-59)), of which 12 reported travel abroad during the incubation period (38%).
The temporal distribution of laboratory-confirmed cases by week of onset of symptoms (ISO week) is shown in the graph below:
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