According to the China National Center for Disease Control and Prevention website, from September 1st to 30th, 2023, 305 new confirmed cases of monkeypox were reported in mainland China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan), including 42 cases in Beijing, 40 cases in Guangdong, 38 cases in Zhejiang, 32 cases in Jiangsu, 16 cases in Guangxi, 13 cases in Sichuan, 12 cases in Chongqing, 12 cases in Hubei, 11 cases in Liaoning, 11 cases in Hunan, 9 cases in Shaanxi, 9 cases in Shandong, 8 cases in Hebei, 7 cases in Tianjin, 6 cases in Shanghai, 6 cases in Henan, 6 cases in Fujian, 5 cases in Heilongjiang, 4 cases in Anhui, and 4 cases in Jilin There were 3 cases in Yunnan, 3 cases in Shanxi, 3 cases in Jiangxi, 1 case in Inner Mongolia, 1 case in Guizhou, 1 case in Hainan, 1 case in Ningxia, and 1 case in Xinjiang, with no severe cases or deaths.
According to epidemiological investigation and analysis, the epidemic presents the following characteristics: firstly, 99% of the cases are male, 92.9% of the cases are clearly male behavior population, and there are 2 female cases. Secondly, the risk of transmission through other contact methods is low. Only 3 close contacts other than sexual contact have contracted the infection. The third is that 94.3% of cases were found through active medical consultations, 3.9% were found through follow-up screening of close contacts, and the rest were found through active reporting and entry screening. The fourth is that the vast majority of cases have typical clinical manifestations, mainly symptoms such as fever, herpes, and lymph node enlargement.
