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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Research

Mpox Diagnosis, Behavioral Risk Modification, and Vaccination Uptake among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men, United Kingdom, 2022

Dana OgazComments to Author , Qudsia Enayat, Jack R.G. Brown, Dawn Phillips, Ruth Wilkie, Danielle Jayes, David Reid, Gwenda Hughes, Catherine H. Mercer, John Saunders, Hamish Mohammed, and UK Health Security Agency Sexual Health Liaison Group1
Author affiliations: UK Health Security Agency, London, UK (D. Ogaz, Q. Enayat, D. Phillips, R. Wilkie, D. Jayes, G. Hughes, J. Saunders, H. Mohammed); The National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with the UK Health Security Agency, London, UK (D. Ogaz, J.R.G. Brown, D. Reid, G. Hughes, C.H. Mercer, J. Saunders, H. Mohammed); University College London, London, UK (D. Reid, C.H. Mercer, J. Saunders); London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK (G. Hughes)

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Flowchart of selection criteria in a survey of mpox diagnosis, behavioral risk modification, and vaccination uptake among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, United Kingdom, 2022. *Participants were eligible for mpox vaccination if they self-reported any of the following: meeting recent male physical sex partners at sex on premises venues, sex parties, or public sex environment (i.e., cruising grounds) since August 2022; >10 recent male physical sex partners since August 2022; recreational drug use associated with chemsex (e.g., crystal methamphetamine, mephedrone, or gamma-hydroxybutyrate/gamma-butyrolactone) in the past year; recent positive sexually-transmitted infection test since August 2022; or current HIV preexposure prophylaxis use since December 2021. RiiSH-Mpox, Reducing inequalities in Sexual Health Mpox survey.

Figure. Flowchart of selection criteria in a survey of mpox diagnosis, behavioral risk modification, and vaccination uptake among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, United Kingdom, 2022. *Participants were eligible for mpox vaccination if they self-reported any of the following: meeting recent male physical sex partners at sex on premises venues, sex parties, or public sex environment (i.e., cruising grounds) since August 2022; >10 recent male physical sex partners since August 2022; recreational drug use associated with chemsex (e.g., crystal methamphetamine, mephedrone, or gamma-hydroxybutyrate/gamma-butyrolactone) in the past year; recent positive sexually-transmitted infection test since August 2022; or current HIV preexposure prophylaxis use since December 2021. RiiSH-Mpox, Reducing inequalities in Sexual Health Mpox survey.

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1Members of this group are listed at the end of this article.

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