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Monkeypox emergency: Urgent questions and perspectives

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we now face another public health emergency in the form of monkeypox virus. As of August 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report over 23,000 cases in 80 countries. An inclusive and global collaborative effort to understand the biology, evolution, and sp...

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Autores principales: Rothenburg, Stefan, Yang, Zhilong, Beard, Pip, Sawyer, Sara L., Titanji, Boghuma, Gonsalves, Gregg, Kindrachuk, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9395144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35998628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.002
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Sumario:Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we now face another public health emergency in the form of monkeypox virus. As of August 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report over 23,000 cases in 80 countries. An inclusive and global collaborative effort to understand the biology, evolution, and spread of the virus as well as commitment to vaccine equity will be critical toward containing this outbreak. We share the voices of leading experts in this space on what they see as the most pressing questions and directions for the community.