Monkeypox in a female sex worker in Nigeria: A case report

Although a few male sex workers were diagnosed with monkeypox during the 2022 outbreak, we are not aware of a prior case of the disease among female sex workers (FSW), especially from a previously endemic country in Africa. We hereby report a case of laboratory-confirmed monkeypox in a 24-year-old FSW from Nigeria. She initially developed a fever and then vesiculopustular lesions localized to the groin and genital skin four days after her last sexual activity with a client in a brothel. We highlight the public health implications of this case report to the epidemiology and control of monkeypox in Africa and globally.