Monkeypox diagnostic and treatment capacity at epidemic onset: A VACCELERATE online survey

Jan Hendrik Grothe; Oliver A Cornely; Jon Salmanton-García; VACCELERATE consortium

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2022.08.008

Monkeypox diagnostic and treatment capacity at epidemic onset: A VACCELERATE online survey

J Infect Public Health. 2022 Oct;15(10):1043-1046. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2022.08.008. Epub 2022 Aug 27.

Authors

Jan Hendrik Grothe¹, Oliver A Cornely², Jon Salmanton-García³; VACCELERATE consortium

Affiliations

¹ University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany.
² University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany.
³ University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: jon.salmanton-garcia@uk-koeln.de.

Abstract

We approached European tertiary care institutions to provide details regarding their management of the current human monkeypox outbreak. 73 out of 105 sites stated to have capacities to manage the outbreak adequately amid the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. There are effective protective measures to prevent nosocomial infections in place at nearly all institutions. Diagnostic and treatment capacities on the other hand have potential to be improved.

Keywords: Diagnostic capacity; Monkeypox; Online survey; Preparedness; Treatment capacity.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19*
Cross Infection* / epidemiology
Cross Infection* / prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
Humans
Mpox (monkeypox)* / diagnosis
Mpox (monkeypox)* / drug therapy
Mpox (monkeypox)* / epidemiology
Pandemics / prevention & control