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Mpox and the Ethics of Outbreak Management: Lessons for Future Public Health Crises

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mpox, first identified in captive monkeys in 1958 and recognized in humans by 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was historically confined to sporadic zoonotic outbreaks in Central and West Africa. These outbreaks, often driven by rodent‐to‐human transmission in resource‐limited settings, reflect persistent systemic health disparities ...
Adetayo E. Obasa, Marietjie Botes, Anita Kleinsmidt, Ciara Staunton   +3 more
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Self-reported Infection Status, Knowledge and Associated Factors of Monkeypox Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Jiaxing, China

BMC Public Health
Background As of September 2023, more than 1,000 cases of monkeypox (mpox) have been reported in China. Based on the available evidence, men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk for mpox infection.
Yangyang Tian, Zhigang Hou, Guoying Zhu, Qianqian Zhang, Wutong Zhu, Hao Feng, Weizhe Pan, Qiang Li, Rui Ge, Zhongwen Chen   +9 more
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Genetic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characterization of Methanosarcina barkeri Mutants Lacking Three Distinct Classes of Hydrogenase [PDF]

, 2018
The methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri encodes three distinct types of hydrogenase, whose functions vary depending on the growth substrate. These include the F_(420)-dependent (Frh), methanophenazine-dependent (Vht), and ferredoxin-dependent ...
Kulkarni, Gargi, Mand, Thomas D., Metcalf, William W.   +2 more
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HIV PrEP use and unmet need among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in London: An analysis of community cross‐sectional surveys in England 2019–2022

HIV Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives In England, HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was routinely commissioned at sexual health services from 2020. We compared PrEP use and unmet need among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in London before (2019) and during (2022) routinely commissioned PrEP and the factors associated with its use.
Flavien Coukan, Dana Ogaz, John Saunders, Gary Murphy, Arham Khawar, Iman Scarlett, Hamish Mohammed, Fiona Burns   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mpox infection of stromal cells and macrophages of macaque with endometriosis

Scientific Reports
The mpox outbreak of 2022–2023 represented a new global health challenge and recognition of mpox as a sexually transmitted disease. The majority of cases were reported in men who have sex with men (MSM), but women are also susceptible, especially during ...
Joshua M. Hall, Claire E. Lyons, Jingyi Li, Gisela Martinez-Romero, Tammy Hayes, Anthony Cook, Dan H. Barouch, Amanda J. Martinot   +7 more
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Public awareness, specific knowledge, and worry about mpox (monkeypox): A preliminary community-based study in Shenzhen, China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe mpox (monkeypox) outbreak has been declared to be a public health emergency of international concern by the Director-General of World Health Organization in July 2022.
Fangmei Ren, Junchao Liu, Jianping Miao, Yucheng Xu, Ruiyin Zhang, Jingjie Fan, Wei Lin   +6 more
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Informal PrEP use in Greece: The long, hard road to formal programmatic implementation

HIV Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) is a highly effective HIV prevention strategy. Although the European Medicines Agency approved oral PrEP in 2016 and the World Health Organization (WHO) has since recommended simplified and person‐centred delivery models, implementation remains inconsistent across ...
Konstantinos Protopapas, Charalampos D. Moschopoulos, Nikolaos Kalesis, Ioannis Mameletzis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19 Newsletter (Vol. 152) [PDF]

, 2023
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Center for Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College
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Humoral epitope dominance and immune imprinting by SARS‐CoV‐1 and SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccines

Immunology &Cell Biology, EarlyView.
We investigated Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccine candidates expressing the SARS‐CoV‐1 or SARS‐CoV‐2 Spike, as a primary or booster immunization, for their ability to induce antibodies targeting different epitopes on the SARS‐CoV‐2 RBD and broad cross‐reactive or cross‐neutralizing responses in C57BL/6 and antibody humanized (Ig‐humanized) mice ...
Deborah L Burnett, Ania Moxon, Anupriya Aggarwal, Katherine JL Jackson, Catherine Cotter, Anouschka Akerman, Amanda Russell, Rachel Kalman, David Langley, Jake Y Henry, Daniel Christ, Rowena A Bull, Robert Brink, Anthony D Kelleher, Hans‐Martin Jäck, Stuart Turville, Bernard Moss, Christopher C Goodnow   +17 more
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Effective communication and public engagement strategies to counter misinformation about infectious diseases

Immunology &Cell Biology, EarlyView.
Public trust and cooperation in infectious disease control rest on three pillars: engagement, vaccine communication, and data presentation. Together, these foundations support resilient and inclusive public health responses to misinformation and uncertainty.
Sheena Cruickshank, Martin McKee, Christina Pagel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source