Mpox Information and Resources
Last Edited: May 5, 2023
NASTAD is updating webpages with the term "mpox" to reduce stigma and other issues associated with prior terminology. This change is aligned with the recent World Health Organization decision.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to respond to a new outbreak of mpox. Please see below for a list of recently released or updated resources related to mpox. NASTAD will continue to provide relevant resources and updates, so please be sure to periodically check here for more information.
What's New
- NEW -- A Dear Colleague Letter on updated mpox funding updates, including additional guidance about the appropriate use of current award resources based on NCHHSTP’s syndemic approach to HIV, STD, and mpox prevention.
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Effectiveness of JYNNEOS Vaccine Against Diagnosed Mpox Infection — New York, 2022
- CDC's Health Alert Network: Potential Risk for New Mpox Cases
- CDC's Get Healthy and Ready for Summer 2023
- Community Partnerships Make Public Health More Effective: Learning from the 2022 Mpox Outbreak Response
- Addressing Mpox Holistically (HIV.gov)
- Call to Action from HUD: Addressing Mpox Holistically: In Focus: MMWR Severe Mpox Study
- CDC’s Science Brief: Detection and Transmission of Mpox Virus
- CDC’s Technical Report 3: Multi-National Mpox Outbreak, United States, 2022
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Mpox Considerations for Sexual Health Services (Dear Colleague Letters)
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Controlling the 2022 Mpox Virus Outbreak in the United States: Action Needed
CDC Resources
The most recent CDC resources and updates can be found here.
- Monkeypox Vaccine Confidence Insights Report
- Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program
- Dear Colleague Letter from Dr. Rochelle Walensky
- Update on the Use of Medical Countermeasures for Monkeypox Infection
- Case Definition for Use in the 2022 Monkeypox Response
- Monkeypox and Smallpox Vaccination Guidance
- CDC Non-variola Orthopoxvirus General Real-Time PCR Test Procedure
- Social Gatherings, Safer Sex and Monkeypox (cdc.gov)
- Viruela símica o del mono (el sitio de CDC en español sobre la viruela símica o del mono)
General
Information For Healthcare Professionals
- Case Definition†
- Clinical Recognition
- Clinician FAQs
- Infection Control: Healthcare Settings
- Infection Control: Home
- Specimen Collection
- Treatment
- Vaccine Guidance
- Duration of Isolation Procedures
- Monitoring Persons Exposed
- Autopsy and Handling of Human Remains
Laboratory
- Information for Laboratory Personnel
- Laboratory Process for Monkeypox
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Monkeypox Virus Testing Considerations to Prevent False Positive Test Results (August 23)
Community
Communication Resources
- Graphics
- Videos
- Print Resources
- Publications
- Reducing Stigma in Monkeypox Communication and Community Engagement
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- Severe Monkeypox in Hospitalized Patients — United States, August 10–October 10, 2022
- Receipt of First and Second Doses of JYNNEOS Vaccine for Prevention of Monkeypox — United States, May 22–October 10, 2022
- Characteristics of JYNNEOS Vaccine Recipients Before and During a Large Multiday LGBTQIA+ Festival — Louisiana, August 9–September 5, 2022
- A Health Equity Approach for Implementation of JYNNEOS Vaccination at Large, Community-Based LGBTQIA+ Events — Georgia, August 27–September 5, 2022
- MMWR Monkeypox Outbreak – Nine Cases, May 2022
- Use of JYNNEOS (Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Nonreplicating) for Preexposure Vaccination of Persons at Risk for Occupational Exposure to Orthopoxviruses: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2022
Science and Data
- Clinical Recognition
- Interim Clinical Guidance for the Treatment of Monkeypox
- Infection Prevention and Control of Monkeypox in Healthcare Settings
- Information for Laboratory Personnel
- Laboratory Process for Monkeypox
- Smallpox/Monkeypox Vaccine Information Statement (August 23)
Recorded Meetings
Health Alert Network (HAN)
- Update for Clinicians on Monkeypox in People with HIV, Children and Adolescents, and People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding (July 30)
- Update for Clinicians on Testing and Treatment for Monkeypox (July 28)
- Updated Case-finding Guidance: Monkeypox Outbreak—United States, 2022 (June 14)
- Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States and Other Non-endemic Countries—2022 (May 20)
HRSA Resources
- HRSA MPx Vaccine Distribution Initiative Web Page
- Monkeypox Guidance for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Recipients (August 8)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Resources
- HHS Response to the Monkeypox Outbreak
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Response to the Monkeypox Outbreak
- MPV CBO Partner Letter