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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Concurrent Outbreaks of Hepatitis A, Invasive Meningococcal Disease, and Mpox, Florida, USA, 2021–2022

Timothy J. DoyleComments to Author , Megan Gumke, Danielle Stanek, Joshua Moore, Brian Buck, Timothy Locksmith, Kelly Tomson, Sarah Schmedes, George Churchwell, Shan Justin Hubsmith, Baskar Krishnamoorthy, Karalee Poschman, Brandi Danforth, Daniel Chacreton, and the outbreak investigation team1
Author affiliations: Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (T.J. Doyle, M. Gumke, D. Stanek, J. Moore, B. Buck, T. Locksmith, K. Thomson, S. Schmedes, G. Churchwell, S.J. Hubsmith, B. Krishnamoorthy, K. Poschman, B. Danforth, D. Chacreton); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (T.J. Doyle, K. Poschman)

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Table 2

Description of outbreak-related cases during concurrent outbreaks of hepatitis A, invasive meningococcal disease, and mpox, Florida, USA, 2021–2022*

Characteristics Value
Hepatitis A Invasive meningococcal disease Mpox†
Total no.
153
44
2,845
Median age, y (range)
35 (9–75)
32 (8–77)
36 (0–81)
Race or ethnicity
White 102/153 (67) 29/44 (66) 1,957/2,845 (69)
Hispanic
53/150 (35)
22/44 (50)
1,270/2,845 (45)
Sex
M 145/153 (95) 36/44 (82) 2,786/2,845 (98)
F 8/153 (5) 8/44 (18) 59/2,845 (2)
Transgender
4/153 (3)
1/44 (2)
22/2,845 (1)
MSM‡
113/152 (74)
31/43 (72)
2,507/2,836 (88)
No. sexual partners during past 3 mo‡
0 25/100 (25) 4/31 (13) 27/1,680 (2)§
1 44/100 (44) 17/31 (55) 914/1,680 (54)§
2–5 23/100 (23) 8/31 (26) 631/1,680 (38)§
>5
8/100 (8)
2/31 (6)
108/1,680 (6)§
Sex with unknown person in previous 3 mo‡
22/101 (22)
6/30 (20)
225/956 (23)§
HIV positive
32/153 (21)
14/44 (34)
1,473/2,836 (52)
Taking HIV preexposure prophylaxis
20/130 (15)
5/44 (11)
Unknown
STI in previous 2 y
42/153 (27)
9/44 (20)
1,567/2,836 (55)
Mpox virus infection in 2022
4
3
All
Recent international travel
12/153 (8)
1/44 (2)
199/2,845 (7)
Recent homelessness
8/153 (5)
2/44 (5)
25/928 (3)
Recent incarceration
1/153 (<1)
0/44 (0)
1/928 (<1)
Recent injection drug use
3/153 (2)
2/44 (5)
Unknown
Orange County resident
53/153 (35)
15/44 (34)
295/2,845 (10)
Food employee
17/121 (15)
7/44 (16)
Unknown
Hospitalized
119/153 (78)
41/44 (93)
162/2,845 (6)
Died
1/153 (<1)
9/44 (20)
3/2,845 (<1)
Outbreak case classification
Confirmed 67/153 (44) 40/44 (91) 1,720/2,845 (60)
Probable 73/153 (48) 4/44 (9) 1,125/2,845 (40)
Suspect
13/153 (8)
NA
NA
Laboratory evidence of infection with outbreak genotype/sequence 60/153 (39) 34/44 (77) NA

*Values are no. cases/no. reported (%) except as indicated. All risk factor questions relate to exposures in the 3 mo before symptom onset, except sexual history for mpox cases, which refers to the 3 weeks before symptom onset. Denominators vary based on available data for each variable. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. MSM, men who have sex with men. †Outbreak ongoing, data through November 30, 2022. ‡Minors age <18 y excluded from numerator and denominator. §Number of sexual partners in 3 weeks before onset (mpox incubation period).

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1Members of the team are listed at the end of the article.

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