1. A #monkeypox 🧵
The US has surpassed the UK in #MPX cases, trailing only Spain at this point, I believe. Friday's tally from @CDCgov is 2891 cases. A couple of weeks ago the tally grew by about 50 cases a day. Now it's hundreds — nearly 400 today.
2. At a White House briefing late today, Jennifer McQuiston from @CDCgov said 99% of the US #monkeypox cases are gay, bisexual & other men who have sex with men. CDC knows of 2 cases in children (household transmission), 8 cases in cisgendered women & 5 in transgendered men.
3. In the UK, the #monkeypox case total is 2208, the vast majority of which were detected in England. @UKHSA updates its case count on Tuesdays & Fridays; today's total was only up 71 cases from what HSA reported on Tuesday.
4. In fact, @UKHSA reported Friday that it believes transmission in the UK has slowed and may be leveling off.
The percentage of cases in London, previously at about 75%, has declined & is now at about 66%.
5. @UKHSA has been watching #monkeypox cases in women as a proxy for a sign that transmission might be moving beyond gay, bisexual & other men who have sex with men. So far modeling suggests it has not, but the trend is being closely watched.
6. Of the 13 women in the UK who have been diagnosed with #monkeypox, 4 have needed hospital care for their symptoms. Women have had fever, swollen lymph nodes, genital lesions & lesions in the mouth & throat.
7. @UKHSA has surveyed some of the people diagnosed with #monkeypox in the U.K. More than 96% are gay, bisexual & other men who have sex with men. 31% have had 10 or more sex partners in the last 3 months. More than half have had an STI in the past year.
8. This is an interesting statistic that illustrates the challenge public health authorities have trying to stop #monkeypox transmission by finding the contacts of cases. Only 8% of known cases were listed as a contact of a previous case.
9. The latest @UKHSA #monkeypox technical brief has lots of interesting information, including this table on the test positivity rate by population groups. Nearly 54% of adult men tested are positive. For women, it's just over 2%.
They classify males 15 & older as adults!
10. The newest @UKHSA #monkeypox technical brief is here: gov.uk/government/pub…
Last note: @WHO will announce tomorrow if #monkeypox will be designed a public health emergency of international concern.
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