Unexpected sudden rise of human monkeypox cases in multiple non-endemic countries amid COVID-19 pandemic and salient counteracting strategies: Another potential global threat?

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¹ Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, 758002, Odisha, India. Electronic address: ranjank_mohapatra@yahoo.com.
² Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, 133207, Haryana, India.
³ Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India.
⁴ Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, R.K. Nagar, West Tripura, Tripura, 799008, India.
⁵ Amrita School of Agricultural Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, 642109, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁶ Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
⁷ Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, 243122, India. Electronic address: kdhama@rediffmail.com.

Ranjan K Mohapatra et al. Int J Surg. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul:103:106705.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106705. Epub 2022 Jun 11.

¹ Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, 758002, Odisha, India. Electronic address: ranjank_mohapatra@yahoo.com.
² Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, 133207, Haryana, India.
³ Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India.
⁴ Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, R.K. Nagar, West Tripura, Tripura, 799008, India.
⁵ Amrita School of Agricultural Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, 642109, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁶ Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
⁷ Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, 243122, India. Electronic address: kdhama@rediffmail.com.

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