Japan reports 13 Mpox cases in past week

March 20, 2023

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The Japanese Ministry of Health reported Monday, Tokyo, Osaka, and Ibaraki Prefectures reported that the following 13 men have been confirmed as monkeypox (mpox) patients as a result of laboratory tests.

In Japan, monkeypox is designated as a category 4 infectious disease under the Law Concerning the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (Law No. 114 of 1998), and notification is required.

Patient information includes:

age	sex	symptoms	Medical institution consultation date	Residential municipality (place of residence)	Overseas travel history	others
30’s	male	fever, rash, lymphadenopathy	March 10	Tokyo	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
30’s	male	lymphadenopathy, other skin lesions	March 9	Tokyo	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
30’s	male	fever, rash	March 13th	Tokyo	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
Forties	male	fever, rash	March 13th	Tokyo	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
20’s	male	fever, rash	March 13th	Kanagawa Prefecture	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
Forties	male	fever, rash, lymphadenopathy	March 14th	Tokyo	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
Forties	male	fever, rash myalgia	March 14th	Tokyo	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
Forties	male	asymptomatic	March 9	Tokyo	none
Forties	male	rash, lymphadenopathy anorectal pain	March 15th	Chiba Prefecture	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
Forties	male	fever, rash malaise, lymphadenopathy	March 15th	Tokyo	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
fifties	male	fever, rash, lymphadenopathy	March 15th	Osaka Prefecture	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
30’s	male	rash, cough	March 17th	Tokushima	none	-Patient’s condition is stable
Forties	male	fever, rash sore throat, anorectal pain, malaise	March 17th	Ibaraki Prefecture	none	-Patient’s condition is stable