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We aimed to study the epidemiological and clinical differences between patients with mpox and patients without mpox among suspected cases during and after 2022.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our meta-analysis included a total of 22 articles regarding 12,850 suspected cases of mpox. The prevalence of mpox was 54%. We found that the proportion of men among the mpox patients was much greater than that among the non-mpox patients (odds ratio (OR)=9.94, 95% confidence interval (CI): 4.37\u201322.58), and the same trend was also observed (OR = 11.52, 95% CI: 6.22\u201321.33) for men who have sex with men (MSM). Sexual intercourse (OR = 4.02, 95% CI: 2.63\u20136.13), multiple sexual partners (OR = 3.36, 95% CI: 1.99\u20135.68), and anal sex (OR = 2.40, 95% CI: 1.53\u20133.77) were more common among mpox patients than non-mpox patients. Sexual contact was more strongly associated with mpox infection (OR = 4.39, 95% CI: 1.77\u201310.92), whereas nonsexual contact (OR = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.63\u20130.83) and transmission through health services (OR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.33\u20130.93) showed weaker associations. Furthermore, there were significant differences between the two patient groups in terms of sexually transmitted infections, symptoms, complications, lesion locations and types of lesions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings provide a reference for clinicians in the diagnosis and differentiation of mpox. 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