ETIDIoH<p>Source: US National Library of Medicine, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39388389/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39388389/</a> </p><p><strong><em><span>Abstract</span></em></strong><br>The <strong>antiviral drug tecovirimat</strong>* has been used extensively to treat U.S. <strong>mpox </strong>cases since the start of a global outbreak in 2022. <strong>Mutations </strong>in the mpox viral protein target (F13 or VP37) that occur during treatment can result in <strong>resistance </strong>to tecovirimat† (1,2). CDC and public health partners have conducted genetic surveillance of monkeypox virus (MPXV) for F13 mutations through sequencing and monitoring of public databases. MPXV F13 mutations associated with resistance have been reported since 2022, typically among severely <strong>immunocompromised </strong>mpox patients who required prolonged courses of tecovirimat (3-5). A majority of patients with infections caused by MPXV with resistant mutations had a history of tecovirimat treatment; however, spread of tecovirimat-resistant MPXV was reported in <strong>California</strong> during late 2022 to early 2023 among persons with no previous tecovirimat treatment (3). This report describes a second, unrelated <strong>cluster </strong>of tecovirimat-resistant MPXV among 18 persons with no previous history of tecovirimat treatment in multiple states.</p><p>____</p><p><a href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/notes-from-the-field-mpox-cluster-caused-by-tecovirimat-resistant-monkeypox-virus-five-states-october-2023-february-2024/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/notes-from-the-field-mpox-cluster-caused-by-tecovirimat-resistant-monkeypox-virus-five-states-october-2023-february-2024/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/tag/abstract/" target="_blank">#abstract</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/tag/antivirals-2/" target="_blank">#antivirals</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/tag/california-2/" target="_blank">#california</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/tag/drugs-resistance/" target="_blank">#drugsResistance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/tag/mpox/" target="_blank">#mpox</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/tag/research-2/" target="_blank">#research</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/tag/tecovirimat/" target="_blank">#tecovirimat</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://etidioh.wordpress.com/tag/usa/" target="_blank">#USA</a></p>