Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV

Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The mpox virus -- formerly known as monkeypox -- often causes severe illness and death in those with advanced HIV infection that is

Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV

Researchers report the mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) often causes severe illness and death in those with advanced HIV infection that is not under control.

Monkeypox kills 15% of people with advanced HIV

Researchers from 19 countries, including Spain, have analyzed 382 people with advanced HIV and monkey pox, of whom 27 have died in the current outbreak of infections

CROI 2023: Mpox (monkeypox) can be very severe in people with uncontrolled HIV, Wednesday 22 February 2023

Mpox (monkeypox) can be very severe in people with uncontrolled HIV

People With Advanced HIV Can Have Very Severe Mpox

More than a quarter of HIV-positive people with a CD4 count below 100 died from mpox complications.