Transmissibility of mpox to the general population from travellers returning to South Korea

Dayeong Lee; Sangbum Choi; Hyunkyung Do; Achangwa Chiara; Min-Kyung Kim; BumSik Chin; Sukhyun Ryu

doi:10.1093/jtm/taad080

Transmissibility of mpox to the general population from travellers returning to South Korea

J Travel Med. 2023 Sep 5;30(5):taad080. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad080.

Authors

Dayeong Lee¹, Sangbum Choi², Hyunkyung Do¹, Achangwa Chiara¹, Min-Kyung Kim³, BumSik Chin³, Sukhyun Ryu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon 35365, South Korea.
² Department of Statistics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul 04564, South Korea.

Abstract

Based on data from three imported mpox cases in South Korea, the overall attack rate was determined to be 1%, while a secondary attack rate of 14% was estimated in the high-exposure group.

Keywords: MSM; Monkeypox; public health emergency; sexually transmitted diseases; spread; transmission; travel.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Mpox (monkeypox)*
Republic of Korea

Grants and funding

2020R1I1A3066471/National Research Foundation of Korea