Overview
- The 53-year-old man died on February 7 during treatment at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences after presenting with widespread skin and genital lesions.
- Officials report he had no recent travel history, indicating the infection was acquired within Pakistan.
- Doctors say he lived with HIV and hepatitis B and C, had severe immunosuppression, and had only recently begun antiretroviral therapy.
- Pakistan recorded 53 confirmed mpox cases last year, mostly detected through surveillance at entry points and in hospitals.
- Health authorities have begun contact tracing and urged stronger surveillance, early diagnosis, timely isolation, and greater clinician awareness for unexplained rashes or genital lesions.