Transmission is occurring in many countries that have not previously reported cases of monkeypox, and the highest numbers of cases are currently reported from countries in the WHO European Region.
Initial cases of monkeypox, detected in several countries in different WHO Regions, had no epidemiological links to areas that have historically reported monkeypox, suggesting that undetected transmission might have been ongoing for some time in those countries.
The majority of confirmed cases of monkeypox are male and most of these cases occur among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in urban areas and are clustered social and sexual networks.
The clinical presentation is often atypical, with few lesions localized to the genital, perineal/perianal or peri-oral area that do not spread further, and an asynchronous rash that appears prior to the development of a prodromal phase (i.e.
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迄今为止，住院病例很少，据报告，有一名免疫功能低下的患者死亡。
lymphadenopathy, fever, malaise).
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据一些初步研究估计，基本传染数（R0）为0.8，而在男男性行为者中该数值大于1。
There have been few hospitalizations to date, and one death in an immunocompromised individual was reported.
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报告病例的平均潜伏期估计为8.5天，具体从4.2天到17.3天不等（以荷兰的18例病例为依据）。
Some preliminary research has estimated that the reproduction number (R0) to be 0.8 and, among cases who identify as men who have sex with men, to be greater than 1.
Representatives of Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom updated the Committee on the epidemiological situation in their countries and the current response efforts.