Muhamad Aidil Zahidin, Nur Ilyia Syazwani Saidin, Nur Asni Ibrahim, Nik Nurul Atikah Mohd Nasir, Nurul Izzah Abdul Razak, Marini Ramli, Mohd Nazri Hassan, Noor Haslina Mohd Noor
The Blood Donor Deferral Rate and the Reasons for Deferral at a Tertiary Care Teaching Institute in Northeastern Malaysia
Cureus
backgroundduring 2022 mpox outbreak europe primarily affecting men sex men limited number cases among children adolescents identified paediatric cases outbreaks endemic countries associated higher likelihood severe illness detailed clinical case descriptions interventions school settings 2022 limitedaimto describe clinical characteristics mpox cases among children 15 years adolescents 1517 years greater paris area france infection control measures schoolsmethodswe describe notified laboratoryconfirmed nonlaboratoryconfirmed cases among children adolescents identified may 2022 july 2023 including demographic clinical characterisation infection control measures school settings ie contact tracing contact vaccination secondary attack rate postexposure vaccination uptakeresultsnineteen cases notified 13 children 6 adolescents four adolescent cases reported sexual contact symptom onset ten child cases secondary cases adult patients three cases cryptic vesicles hands arms andor legs one case additionally presented genitoanal lesions five cases attended school infectious period 160 atrisk contacts identified one secondary case five atrisk contacts vaccinated following exposureconclusioncases among children adolescents infrequent require careful approach identify source infection ensure infection control measures advocate contact warning strategy vs contact tracing order prevent alarm stigma low postexposure vaccination rates expected