Emergence potential of monkeypox in the Western Pacific Region, July 2022
Although new cases of monkeypox have been expected in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) since the virus emerged in Europe earlier this year, there have been only a few reported cases across the WPR (New Zealand 2, Singapore 6, South Korea 1, Taiwan 2), other than a limited number of cases (compared t...
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| description | Although new cases of monkeypox have been expected in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) since the virus emerged in Europe earlier this year, there have been only a few reported cases across the WPR (New Zealand 2, Singapore 6, South Korea 1, Taiwan 2), other than a limited number of cases (compared to numbers of cases seen elsewhere in the world) in Australia (33), as of July 15, 2022. In our short communication, we highlight two key reasons for this: i) international travel has still not fully resumed in the WPR following the COVID-19 pandemic, and ii) local public health measures to counter the spread of COVID-19 have not been completely relaxed. We provide supporting evidence for both of these reasons. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-beb5851e59444bd582ad85b13fa70b542022-12-22T02:18:50ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122022-09-01122829831Emergence potential of monkeypox in the Western Pacific Region, July 2022Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov0Luis Ponce1Robin N. Thompson2College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Corresponding author: A.R. Akhmetzhanov, Global Health Program & Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan.College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanMathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, UKAlthough new cases of monkeypox have been expected in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) since the virus emerged in Europe earlier this year, there have been only a few reported cases across the WPR (New Zealand 2, Singapore 6, South Korea 1, Taiwan 2), other than a limited number of cases (compared to numbers of cases seen elsewhere in the world) in Australia (33), as of July 15, 2022. In our short communication, we highlight two key reasons for this: i) international travel has still not fully resumed in the WPR following the COVID-19 pandemic, and ii) local public health measures to counter the spread of COVID-19 have not been completely relaxed. We provide supporting evidence for both of these reasons.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971222004416MonkeypoxInternational travelCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov Luis Ponce Robin N. Thompson Emergence potential of monkeypox in the Western Pacific Region, July 2022 International Journal of Infectious Diseases Monkeypox International travel COVID-19 |
| title | Emergence potential of monkeypox in the Western Pacific Region, July 2022 |
| title_full | Emergence potential of monkeypox in the Western Pacific Region, July 2022 |
| title_fullStr | Emergence potential of monkeypox in the Western Pacific Region, July 2022 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emergence potential of monkeypox in the Western Pacific Region, July 2022 |
| title_short | Emergence potential of monkeypox in the Western Pacific Region, July 2022 |
| title_sort | emergence potential of monkeypox in the western pacific region july 2022 |
| topic | Monkeypox International travel COVID-19 |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971222004416 |
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