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. 2022 Jul;22(7):941-942.
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00359-0. Epub 2022 Jun 9.

Tracking the 2022 monkeypox outbreak with epidemiological data in real-time

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Tracking the 2022 monkeypox outbreak with epidemiological data in real-time

Moritz U G Kraemer et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Jul.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

MUGK and JSB report funding from The Rockefeller Foundation and Google.org. TdO received fees from Illumina as a member of the Infectious Disease Testing Advisory Board and received partial travel support to attend the Nobel Symposium of Medicine in May, 2022. IIB received consulting fees from BlueDot and NHL Players' Association. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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Rapid expansion of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak Cumulative number of confirmed cases (by confirmation date) since the first reported case in the 2022 outbreak, and cumulative number of countries reporting confirmed cases.

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