Screening for asymptomatic mpox in at-risk populations: A cross-sectional study

Inés Armenteros-Yeguas; Reynaldo Homen; Adrián Valls; Laura Dans; Eva Orviz; Oskar Ayerdi; Teresa Puerta; Mar Vera; Jorge Alfredo Pérez-García; Montserrat Torres; Mayte Coiras; Jorge Del Romero; Vicente Estrada

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0335729

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Screening for asymptomatic mpox in at-risk populations: A cross-sectional study

Inés Armenteros-Yeguas ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mariaines.armenteros@salud.madrid.org

Affiliations Centro Sanitario Sandoval, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, PhD Program in Research in Medical-Surgical Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Biomedical Research Centre Network in Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Reynaldo Homen,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Biomedical Research Centre Network in Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, Infectious Diseases Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2307-5078

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Adrián Valls,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Biomedical Research Centre Network in Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Laura Dans,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centro Sanitario Sandoval, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Eva Orviz,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centro Sanitario Sandoval, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Biomedical Research Centre Network in Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2684-3431

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Oskar Ayerdi,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centro Sanitario Sandoval, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Teresa Puerta,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centro Sanitario Sandoval, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Biomedical Research Centre Network in Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Mar Vera,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centro Sanitario Sandoval, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Jorge Alfredo Pérez-García,

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centro Sanitario Sandoval, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Montserrat Torres,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biomedical Research Centre Network in Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, Immunopathology and Viral Reservoir Unit, National Centre of Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Mayte Coiras,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biomedical Research Centre Network in Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, Immunopathology and Viral Reservoir Unit, National Centre of Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Jorge Del Romero,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centro Sanitario Sandoval, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Biomedical Research Centre Network in Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Vicente Estrada

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Biomedical Research Centre Network in Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, Infectious Diseases Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Screening for asymptomatic mpox in at-risk populations: A cross-sectional study

Inés Armenteros-Yeguas,
Reynaldo Homen,
Adrián Valls,
Laura Dans,
Eva Orviz,
Oskar Ayerdi,
Teresa Puerta,
Mar Vera,
Jorge Alfredo Pérez-García,
Montserrat Torres

Published: October 30, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335729

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