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Although the epidemiology and clinical impact of coinfections with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) remain poorly understood across the continent, these coinfections may influence clinical presentation, disease severity, and diagnostic accuracy. This aimed to describe the coinfections (VZV and HIV) patterns among confirmed mpox cases and characterize the trend of clinical presentation of mpox patients in Africa.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Following PRISMA guidelines, we registered our protocol in PROSPERO (CRD420251133960) and conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched multiple electronic databases and grey literature through 27 February 2025, identifying observational studies from Africa that reported mpox coinfections (VZV and\/or HIV) and associated clinical symptoms. Random-effects models were used to calculate pooled prevalence, while subgroup analyses and meta-regression explored sources of heterogeneity across WHO regions, countries, study designs, settings, and participant types.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 23 studies conducted across African countries were included. The pooled prevalence of VZV\u2013mpox coinfection was 8.73% (95% CI: 2.05\u201330.43; 10 studies; n = 2,681;\n                      <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 75.7%), while HIV\u2013mpox coinfection prevalence was 4.29% (95% CI: 1.78\u20139.96; 9 studies; n = 1,939;\n                      <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 88.4%), both of which had significant heterogeneity. Coinfections were far more prevalent in hospital-based environments than in community-based research. The rash was observed across all clades, but the clinical manifestations varied by viral clades, with clades I and Ia linked to more severe systemic symptoms than clade II.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>HIV and VZV coinfections with mpox pose a major yet possibly underestimated burden in Africa and are linked to more severe clinical presentations, particularly in hospital environments. The necessity of including clinical, epidemiological, and genomic in mpox monitoring systems is underscored by observed clinical differences across clades. Improving patient management and outbreak preparedness across the continent requires strengthening diagnostic capacity and routinely screening for coinfections.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Systematic Review Registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:ext-link>https:\/\/www.crd.york.ac.uk\/PROSPERO\/view\/CRD420251133960<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      , identifier CRD420251133960.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsysb.2026.1795422","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,7]],"date-time":"2026-05-07T04:47:11Z","timestamp":1778129231000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mpox coinfections and clinical manifestation in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Fabrice Zobel Lekeumo","family":"Cheuyem","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Yaound\u00e9 1","place":["Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chabeja","family":"Achangwa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of West Indies","place":["Bridgetown, Barbados"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lionel Berthold Keubou","family":"Boukeng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Direction of Disease, Epidemics and Pandemics Control, Ministry of Public Health","place":["Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon"]},{"name":"Department of Public Health and Social Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Sangmelima, University of Ebolowa","place":["Ebolowa, Cameroon"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rick","family":"Tchamani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Africa University Institute of Excellence","place":["Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jessica","family":"Davies","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International Association of Student Surgical Societies","place":["Eastern Cape, South Africa"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christian No\u00ebl","family":"Malaka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Researcher and Head of the Genomic Surveillance Platform, Institut Pasteur","place":["Bangui, Central African Republic"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Armel Evouna","family":"Mbarga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Social Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Sangmelima, University of Ebolowa","place":["Ebolowa, Cameroon"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1962224","DOI":"10.1155\/tbed\/1962224","article-title":"Syndemic challenges: addressing the resurgence of mpox amidst concurrent outbreaks in the DRC","volume":"2024","author":"Adigun","year":"2024","journal-title":"Transbound. 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