Major increase in human monkeypox incidence 30 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

W. Rimoin, Anne; Mulembakani, Prime; C. Johnston, Sara; O. Lloyd‐Smith, James; K. Kisalu, Neville; L. Kinkela, Timothée; Blumberg, Seth; A. Thomassen, Henri; L. Pike, Brian; N. Fair, Joseph; Wolfe, Nathan; Shongo, Robert; S. Graham, Barney; Formenty, Pierre; Okitolonda, Emile; E. Hensley, Lisa; E. Meyer, Helmut; L. Wright, Linda; Muyembe, Jean‐Jacques

doi:10.1073/pnas.1005769107

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Major increase in human monkeypox incidence 30 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Aug 30, 2010

Authors:

Anne W. Rimoin

Prime Mulembakani

Sara C. Johnston

Abstract

Studies on the burden of human monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were last conducted from 1981 to 1986. Since then, the population that is immunologically naïve to orthopoxviruses has increased significantly due to cessation of mass smallpox vaccination campaigns. To assess the...

Subject

Monkeypox

Smallpox

Vaccination

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