Looking for Asymptomatic Mpox in a Population at high risk (LAMP)

About the Study

Mpox is caused by a virus that can be spread through touching the affected skin of someone who has the infection, touching sheets or clothes that has been used by someone with the infection, or breathing in particles of virus from someone who has the infection. Mpox infection can cause skin and flu-like symptoms, but can also cause very few symptoms, or no symptoms at all. While we can track the number of people who have mpox symptoms, little is known about how many people have mpox, but experience few or no symptoms at all. We would like find this out in a Canadian sample of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) by screening participants who are participating in a randomized controlled trial. We will do this by asking participants questions about whether they may be experiencing any mpox symptoms, history of past diagnosis of mpox, sexual history, and vaccination history and awareness. Swabs will be taken to test for the presence of mpox virus, and a blood sample will be taken to test for antibodies. Approximately 450 individuals will be recruited. The results will be descriptive in nature.

 

This study is part of the CAMP umbrella of projects

 

More information

LAMP on clinicaltrials.gov

 

Funding

This project is funded by CIHR