Modeling the protective effect of previous compulsory smallpox vaccination against human monkeypox infection: from hypothesis to a worst-case scenario

Objectives: Human monkeypox (MPX) cases are escalating worldwide. Smallpox vaccination, which was compulsory in Austria until 1981, was reported to confer 85% cross-protection against MPX. Methods: To assess the impact of smallpox vaccine-induced protection, the age-dependent vaccine-induced immunit...

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Main Authors: Tibor Spath, Sophie Brunner-Ziegler, Tanja Stamm, Florian Thalhammer, Michael Kundi, Kim Purkhauser, Alessandra Handisurya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971222005215