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. 2020 Sep 1;98(9):638-640.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.19.242347. Epub 2020 Jul 8.

Modelling human-to-human transmission of monkeypox

Rebecca Grant  1 , Liem-Binh Luong Nguyen  1 , Romulus Breban  1
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Modelling human-to-human transmission of monkeypox

Rebecca Grant et al. Bull World Health Organ. .
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The reproduction number R for monkeypox as function of immunity in a population to orthopoxvirus species
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