Monkeypox in the New York metropolitan area, Summer 2022

Early in the 2022 Monkeypox global outbreak, caseloads in the New York metropolitan area climbed rapidly before other US urban areas. We summarize our monkeypox clinical experience detecting, treating, and vaccinating during a quickly evolving emerging infection. Ethical statement Institutional Review Board exemption was granted for this study. Funding statement No funding was obtained Conflict of interest None Authors’ contributions Each author actively participated in data collection, analysis and editing of the manuscript. Collaborators None ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. ### Funding Statement This study did not receive any funding ### Author Declarations I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained. Yes The details of the IRB/oversight body that provided approval or exemption for the research described are given below: New York Medical College General Medical and Behavioral Instiutional Review Board gave Westchester Medical Center gave ethical approval for this work. I confirm that all necessary patient/participant consent has been obtained and the appropriate institutional forms have been archived, and that any patient/participant/sample identifiers included were not known to anyone (e.g., hospital staff, patients or participants themselves) outside the research group so cannot be used to identify individuals. Yes I understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. I confirm that any such study reported in the manuscript has been registered and the trial registration ID is provided (note: if posting a prospective study registered retrospectively, please provide a statement in the trial ID field explaining why the study was not registered in advance). Yes I have followed all appropriate research reporting guidelines and uploaded the relevant EQUATOR Network research reporting checklist(s) and other pertinent material as supplementary files, if applicable. Yes All data produced in the present study are available upon reasonable request to the authors