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Comment
. 2022 Aug:104:106762.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106762. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

Should not airborne transmission be ignored in the 2022 monkeypox outbreak?

AbdulRahman A Saied  1
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Should not airborne transmission be ignored in the 2022 monkeypox outbreak?

AbdulRahman A Saied. Int J Surg. 2022 Aug.
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  • Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK.
    Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, Snell LB, Wong W, Houlihan CF, Osborne JC, Rampling T, Beadsworth MB, Duncan CJ, Dunning J, Fletcher TE, Hunter ER, Jacobs M, Khoo SH, Newsholme W, Porter D, Porter RJ, Ratcliffe L, Schmid ML, Semple MG, Tunbridge AJ, Wingfield T, Price NM; NHS England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network. Adler H, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00228-6. Epub 2022 May 24. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022. PMID: 35623380 Free PMC article.

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