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Editorial
. 2022 Aug;175(8):1183-1184.
doi: 10.7326/M22-1763. Epub 2022 Jun 14.

Adding New Fuel to the Fire: Monkeypox in the Time of COVID-19-Implications for Health Care Personnel

Tara N Palmore  1 , David K Henderson  2
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Editorial

Adding New Fuel to the Fire: Monkeypox in the Time of COVID-19-Implications for Health Care Personnel

Tara N Palmore et al. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

Monkeypox virus is reemerging, with cases reported on every inhabited continent at a time when clinical and public health resources have been stretched to the limit by COVID-19. As the monkeypox outbreak grows, health care workers must understand the threat and be prepared to address an infectious disease risk that may herald yet another unprecedented epidemic.

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