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. 2022 Aug:104:106712.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106712. Epub 2022 Jun 14.

The 2022 monkeypox outbreak: Lessons from the 640 cases in 36 countries

Farid Rahimi  1 , Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi  2
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The 2022 monkeypox outbreak: Lessons from the 640 cases in 36 countries

Farid Rahimi et al. Int J Surg. 2022 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Africa; Disease outbreak; Endemic diseases; Monkeypox virus.

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Global distribution of the 641 confirmed or suspected cases of MPXV recorded until 30 May 2022 (https://ourworldindata.org/monkeypox).
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