Monkeypox

This observational study has been designed to characterize humoral and cellular immune responses after vaccination against monkeypox (MKP) in HIV positive and negative individuals at high risk of MKP infection during the vaccination campaign in the current monkeypox outbreak.

This study has three primary objectives to address the public health challenges of the Mpox outbreak in Guinea, West Africa. Objective 1 (MOVIE-West Africa) focuses on understanding the kinetics of Monkeypox virus (MPXV) elimination from the human body in Mpox cases. Objective 2 (TRACE-West Africa) aims to determine the MPXV transmission dynamics between Mpox cases and their contacts. Objective 3 (VE-West Africa) examines the vaccine effectiveness of the MVA-BN vaccine in protection against MPXV infection and Mpox disease.

The goal of this observational study is to describe possible physical and psychological sequelae after an mpox infection and to evaluate the longevity of B- and T-cell immune responses in former mpox patients and vaccine recipients. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Are there any physical or pschological sequelae after mpox infection? * Is the humoral and/or cellular immune response to MPOX (or vaccinia) virus) durable? * Do the patients develop strong local immunity in comparison to systemic immunity? * How long is the virus still detectable in semen, saliva or the ano-rectal region? Participants will answer a questionnaire, samples with blood, saliva and semen as well as anal swabs will be collected. Follow-up visits 8, 16 and 24, 36, 48, and 60 months after infection or vaccination are planned. A healthy control group will be recruited in our HIV-PrEP clinic.

A Two-Phase, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase I Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of BSY001 for Injection Following Single or Multiple Doses in Healthy Subjects

This is a randomized, double blinded, controlled phase I clinical study. To evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of receiving two doses of MVA strain monkeypox attenuated live vaccine in individuals aged 18 years and above.

A cluster randomized controlled trial to determine if smallpox vaccine reduces secondary cases and symptom severity in persons exposed to mpox.

This study is to evaluate the long-term immunogenicity of a boost dose of MVA-BN vaccine

The goal of this randomized controlled double-blind clinical trial is to test the drug tecovirimat in patients with mpox (previously known as monkeypox) disease. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is tecovirimat effective in treating mpox infection. * Is tecovirimat safe to treat patients with mpox infection. Participants will receive either the drug tecovirimat orally, 600 mg twice per day, or a matching placebo. The outcome of the infection and the side effect experienced will be compared between the two groups.

The purpose of this clinical protocol is to treat individuals with Tecovirimat after exposure to orthopox viruses.

The study is a prospective cohort that evaluates the clinical and immune-metabolic variables that may be linked to the risk and severity of the infection or even hospitalization or death in patients infected with the Mpox virus in Brazil. The expectation is to include at least 80 patients over six months, with a follow-up of 90 days from inclusion, through contact via decentralized visits.