A systematic review of the epidemiology of human monkeypox outbreaks and implications for outbreak strategy.
Monkeypox is a vesicular-pustular illness that carries a secondary attack rate in the order of 10% in contacts unvaccinated against smallpox. Case fatality rates range from 1 to 11%, but scarring and other sequelae are common in survivors. It continues to cause outbreaks in remote populations in Cen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007791 |