Public health France (SPF) unveiled, Thursday, March 30, 2023, its latest update on monkeypox in France. SPF highlights a cluster that has been identified in the Centre-Val de Loire. Thus, from January 1 to March 23, 17 cases were confirmed in the region. They are men between the ages of 24 and 56. All have had sex with other men, the Agency reports in its latest advisory. However, no place or event in particular has been identified by Public Health France.
In detail, six of the 17 cases observed by SPF concerned men who had not been vaccinated against smallpox. Another does not have a full vaccination schedule. The other ten have it. Given the number of people vaccinated in this cluster (59%, against 25% nationally), it was decided to carry out further investigations. Public Health France and the Tours Regional Pharmacovigilance Center therefore conducted the investigation.
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For the moment, the National Public Health Agency has established that the cases are concentrated in the Touraine sector. However, some people concerned have indicated that they have had risky relationships in other regions of France. Île-de-France is one of them. While a week had passed without a new case of monkeypox, a new infected person was identified on March 24. New investigations are therefore underway. In its opinion, SPF therefore indicates that “pending robust data on the real-life efficacy of vaccines against mpox, this cluster calls for vigilance”.
In addition, Public Health France recalls that “infections by Mpox can occur in people who have received a complete vaccination course, and it is important to think about this diagnosis in the event of a skin or mucous rash, including in people who are properly vaccinated”.
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