History of smallpox vaccination and marked clinical expression of mpox among cases notified in France from May to July 2022.
Catarina KrugEmilie ChazelleArnaud TarantolaHarold NoëlGuillaume SpaccaferriIsabelle Parent du ChâteletLaura ZanettiHana LahbibMyriam FayadFlorence LotHenriette De ValkDidier CheBruno CoignardAlexandra MaillesAnne-Sophie Barretnull nullPublished in: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2024)
Our results suggest that smallpox vaccination during childhood attenuated the clinical expression of monkeypox virus infection, but there was no evidence of an effect on complications or hospitalization.