The risk of mpox importation and subsequent outbreak potential in Chinese mainland: a retrospective statistical modelling study

Abstract Background The 2022–2023 mpox (monkeypox) outbreak has spread rapidly across multiple countries in the non-endemic region, mainly among men who have sex with men (MSM). In this study, we aimed to evaluate mpox’s importation risk, border screening effectiveness and the risk of local outbreak...

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Main Authors: Xiaowei Deng, Yuyang Tian, Junyi Zou, Juan Yang, Kaiyuan Sun, Hongjie Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-02-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-024-01189-1