Answering the Questions on Monkeypox in PWH

In this episode, Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, and Chloe Orkin, MBChB, FRCP, MD, discuss considerations for monkeypox, now called mpox, in people with HIV, including:

• The history of monkeypox (mpox)
• The current monkeypox (mpox) outbreak
• What we knew about monkeypox (mpox) in PWH prior to the current outbreak
• Data in PWH from an international case series of monkeypox (mpox)
• CDC data regarding monkeypox (mpox) in PWH
• Monkeypox (mpox) treatment recommendations
• Drug–drug interaction considerations between tecovirimat for monkeypox (mpox) and ART
• Monkeypox (mpox) vaccination recommendations for PWH
• Global access to monkeypox (mpox) treatments and vaccines
• Whether monkeypox (mpox) is a sexually transmitted infection and the implications of that
• Ongoing research on monkeypox (mpox) in PWH