{"title":"The first laboratory-confirmed neonatal Mpox infection in Sri Lanka","authors":"Thulani Thivanshika Pattiyakumbura, Denagama Vitharanage Rishan Geeth Ruwan, Jinadari Maduwanthi Munasinghe, Gamage Don Diluk Chathuranga, Janaki Indira Abeynayake","doi":"10.1016/j.imj.2023.08.003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In 2022–2023, a global outbreak of Mpox was reported especially in nonendemic countries. We report the first laboratory-confirmed neonatal case of Mpox infection complicated by bronchopneumonia in Sri Lanka.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100667,"journal":{"name":"Infectious Medicine","volume":"2 3","pages":"Pages 237-240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Infectious Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772431X23000412","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In 2022–2023, a global outbreak of Mpox was reported especially in nonendemic countries. We report the first laboratory-confirmed neonatal case of Mpox infection complicated by bronchopneumonia in Sri Lanka.