By Marie Rosenthal, MS
Mpox continues to be a problem, reminded Mayara Secco Torres da Silva, MD, and public health officials expect to the disease to contibue to be a problem, especially in June during pride events.
As of Jan. 28, 2024, Brazil reported around 11,000 cases of confirmed mpox, 16 deaths and another 349 probable cases, according to Dr. da Silva, who presented data at CROI 2024, about a recent mpox outbreak in Brazil (abstract 198).
Although the World Health Organization