The first case of monkeypox in Hong Kong presenting as infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome

Kelvin Hei-Yeung Chiu; Shuk-Ching Wong; Anthony Raymond Tam; Siddharth Sridhar; Cyril Chik-Yan Yip; Kwok-Hung Chan; Nicholas Foo-Siong Chew; Kenyon Ka-Yun Man; Wan-Mui Chan; Jonathan Daniel Ip; Allen Wing-Ho Chu; Janice Yee-Chi Lo; Ivan Fan-Ngai Hung; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Kelvin Kai-Wang To; Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng

doi:10.1080/22221751.2022.2146910

The first case of monkeypox in Hong Kong presenting as infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(1):2146910. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2146910.

Authors

Kelvin Hei-Yeung Chiu¹, Shuk-Ching Wong², Anthony Raymond Tam³, Siddharth Sridhar^{4

5}, Cyril Chik-Yan Yip¹, Kwok-Hung Chan⁵, Nicholas Foo-Siong Chew⁵, Kenyon Ka-Yun Man⁶, Wan-Mui Chan⁵, Jonathan Daniel Ip⁵, Allen Wing-Ho Chu⁵, Janice Yee-Chi Lo⁷, Ivan Fan-Ngai Hung^{3

8}, Kwok-Yung Yuen^{4

5

8

9}, Kelvin Kai-Wang To^{4

5

8

9}, Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
² Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
³ Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Disease, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
⁷ Department of Health, Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
⁸ Department of Infectious Disease and Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
⁹ Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Communicable Diseases*
Hong Kong / epidemiology
Humans
Infectious Mononucleosis* / diagnosis

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Consultancy Service for Enhancing Laboratory Surveillance of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Research Capability on Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Health, HKSAR.