Clinical features, hospitalisation and deaths associated with monkeypox: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A multicountry monkeypox disease (MPX) outbreak began in May 2022 in Europe, leading to the assessment as a potential Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on June 23, 2022. Some observational studies have partially characterised clinical features, hospitalisations, and deaths. However, no systematic reviews of this MPX outbreak have been published.

Methods

We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis, using five databases to assess clinical features, hospitalisations, complications and deaths of MPX confirmed or probable cases. Observational studies, case reports and case series, were included. We performed a random-effects model meta-analysis to calculate the pooled prevalence and 95% confidence interval (95% CI). In addition, we carr

SUBMITTER: Benites-Zapata VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9364300 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature