Description of the first global outbreak of mpox: an analysis of global surveillance data

Laurenson‐Schafer, Henry; Sklenovská, Nikola; Hoxha, Ana; M. Kerr, Steven; Ndumbi, Patricia; Fitzner, Julia; Almirón, María; Alves de Sousa, Luís; Briand, Sylvie; Cenciarelli, Orlando; Colombe, Soledad; Doherty, Meg; Socé Fall, Ibrahima; García, Christian; M. Haussig, Joana; Kato, Masaya; Rahman Mahamud, Abdi; Morgan, Oliver; Nabeth, Pierre; Naiene, Jeremias; Navegantes, Wildo; Ogundiran, Opeayo; Okot, Charles; Pebody, Richard; Matsui, Tamano; López-Gatell Ramírez, Hugo; Smallwood, Catherine; F. Pérez‐Tasigchana, Raúl; Vaughan, Aisling; Sie Williams, George; AbdElGawad, Basma; Babu, Amarnath; Buliva, Evans; Campbell, Finlay; Cardoso Portela Câmara, Daniel; Eleiba, Zainab; Greene-Cramer, Blanche; Hamblion, Esther; Hassan, Mahmoud; Kaasik-Aaslav, Kaja; Mohamed, Basant; Ndarukwa, Victoria; R. Otieno, James; Pires, Jeffrey; Pukkila, Jukka; Olaniyi Sanni, Felix; A. Schultz, Craig; Sedai, Tika; Skrowny, Laila; Phengxay, Manilay; Ochirpurev, Ariuntuya; Skufca, Jozica; Goddard, Laura; Biaukula, Viema; Mala, Peter; Lewis, Rosamund; Pavlin, Boris; le Polain de Waroux, Olivier

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00198-5

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Description of the first global outbreak of mpox: an analysis of global surveillance data

Published in The Lancet Global Health • Jun 20, 2023

Authors:

Henry Laurenson‐Schafer

Nikola Sklenovská

Ana Hoxha

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In May 2022, several countries with no history of sustained community transmission of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) notified WHO of new mpox cases. These cases were soon followed by a large-scale outbreak, which unfolded across the world, driven by local, in-country transmission wit...

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Outbreak

Global health

Geography

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