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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Objectives: A pre-exposure vaccination campaign to prevent the spread of the mpox virus was initiated in Italy in August 2022. We explore the possible factors affecting the trend of mpox cases in an Italian region (Lazio) with a rapid roll-out of the ...
Francesco Vairo +15 more
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Attitudes towards Receiving Monkeypox Vaccination: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Vaccines, 2023 Background: The public’s attitude towards Mpox vaccination is a critical factor in the success of immunisation programmes. Understanding the factors contributing to vaccine acceptance or hesitancy is critical for developing effective health communication
Mostafa Hossam-Eldin Moawad +8 more
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Evaluation of mpox vaccine dose-sparing strategies
PNAS Nexus, 2023 Abstract The spring–summer 2022 mpox outbreak had over 50,000 cases globally, most of them in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). In response to vaccine shortages, several countries implemented dose-sparing vaccination strategies, stretching a full-dose vaccine vial into up to five fractional-dose vaccines.
Dobromir Dimitrov +2 more
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Description of mpox reinfection by whole genome sequencing
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Several possible mpox reinfections have been reported, however, the debate on whether these are confirmed reinfections remains open.A 30-year-old male living with HIV and a history of single-dose mpox vaccination, first diagnosed with mpox in September ...
Javier Martínez-Sanz +7 more
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Efficacy of smallpox vaccines against Mpox infections in humans:Smallpox vaccine efficacy against Mpox [PDF]
, 2023 The Mpox virus (MPXV) is endemic in certain countries in Central and West Africa,where several mammalian species, especially rodents, are natural reservoirs. However, the MPXV can infect non-human primates and cause zoonotic infections in humans after close-contact with an infected animal.
Christodoulidou, Melissa M. +1 more
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The Global Mpox Outbreak and Effective Vaccine Communication
Military Medicine, 2023 ABSTRACT The effectiveness and durability of vaccination to protect against localized anogenital mpox skin lesions is not well defined. Overestimating vaccine effectiveness against mild infection risks degrading vaccine confidence. Acknowledging and communicating vaccine unknowns and limitations is vital to direct mpox research, maintain
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Vaccine: XBackground: Mpox, one of the most serious threats to global health, is now being seen in small but rising numbers in Beijing, China. Our study aimed to investigate healthcare workers’ (HCWs) knowledge of Mpox and to explore reasons associated with their ...
Yuan Yang +13 more
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JMIR Public Health and SurveillanceBackgroundThe worldwide human monkeypox (mpox) outbreak in 2022 mainly affected men who have sex with men (MSM). In China, young men who have sex with men (YMSM) were at a potential high risk of mpox infection due to their sexual ...
Sitong Luo +15 more
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BMC Infectious DiseasesAs mpox spread continues across several endemic and non-endemic countries around the world, vaccination has become an integral part of the global response to control the epidemic.
Andrew Omame +7 more
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Re-purposed drive-through vaccination set-up for Mpox, New York Metropolitan Area
Infection Prevention in Practice, 2023 Summary: Background: This report details how one large medical center in the Metropolitan New York area re-purposed a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination structure to handle a surge in Mpox cases in July 2022.Methods/Results: Simultaneous to on-going ...
Marina Keller +11 more
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