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Since May 2022, an outbreak of monkeypox has been ongoing in non-endemic countries. We report four cases in Italy in young adult men reporting condomless sexual intercourse. The patients are in good clinical condition with no need for specific antiviral drugs. Biological samples from seminal fluid were positive for monkeypox viral DNA. For many other viruses found in semen there is no evidence of sexual transmission. The possibility of sexual transmission of monkeypox virus needs to be investigated.

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Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of four cases of monkeypox support transmission through sexual contact, Italy, May 2022
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Andrea+Antinori&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Antinori Andrea</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Valentina+Mazzotta&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mazzotta Valentina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Serena+Vita&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vita Serena</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Fabrizio+Carletti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Carletti Fabrizio</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Danilo+Tacconi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tacconi Danilo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Laura+Emma+Lapini&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lapini Laura Emma</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alessandra+D%E2%80%99Abramo&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">D’Abramo Alessandra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stefania+Cicalini&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cicalini Stefania</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Daniele+Lapa&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lapa Daniele</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Silvia+Pittalis&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pittalis Silvia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Vincenzo+Puro&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Puro Vincenzo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marco+Rivano+Capparuccia&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rivano Capparuccia Marco</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Emanuela+Giombini&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Giombini Emanuela</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Cesare+Ernesto+Maria+Gruber&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gruber Cesare Ernesto Maria</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anna+Rosa+Garbuglia&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Garbuglia Anna Rosa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alessandra+Marani&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Marani Alessandra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Francesco+Vairo&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vairo Francesco</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Enrico+Girardi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Girardi Enrico</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Francesco+Vaia&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vaia Francesco</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Emanuele+Nicastri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nicastri Emanuele</a>, <a href="/search?value1=the+INMI+Monkeypox+Group&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">the INMI Monkeypox Group</a></span>. Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of four cases of monkeypox support transmission through sexual contact, Italy, May 2022. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2022;27(22):pii=2200421. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.22.2200421" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.22.2200421</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 26 May 2022;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 02 Jun 2022 </span> </p>
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