Ulcerating vulvar lesions revealing a rare female case of monkeypox in Switzerland

• Main Authors: Dina Ezzat, MD (Author), Bastien Barcellini, MD (Author), Julie Meier, MD (Author), Edouard Duc-Ha, MD (Author), Jérôme Mathis, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The human monkeypox virus is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus initially discovered in Africa that causes a disease similar to smallpox with less severe symptoms. Since May 2022, the virus is being transmitted from human to human at an increasing rate outside of Africa. Although monkeypox infection was endem...