Is smallpox vaccination protective against human monkeypox?

Davide Moschese¹, Damiano Farinacci^{2

3}, Giacomo Pozza⁴, Arturo Ciccullo^{2

5}, Maria Vittoria Cossu¹, Andrea Giacomelli⁴, Fabio Borgonovo¹, Davide Mileto⁶, Rosaria Santangelo^{7

8}, Enrica Tamburrini^{2

3}, Giuliano Rizzardini¹, Spinello Antinori^{4

9}, Simona Di Giambenedetto^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ I Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
² Institute of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
³ Infectious Diseases Unit, Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁴ III Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
⁵ UOC of Infectious Diseases, St. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy.
⁶ Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergency Diagnostics, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Department of Basic Biotechnological, Clinical Intensivological and Perioperative Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Department of Infectology and Laboratory Sciences, Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.

Davide Moschese et al. J Med Virol. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;95(1):e28077.

doi: 10.1002/jmv.28077. Epub 2022 Sep 2.

¹ I Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
² Institute of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
³ Infectious Diseases Unit, Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁴ III Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
⁵ UOC of Infectious Diseases, St. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy.
⁶ Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergency Diagnostics, Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Department of Basic Biotechnological, Clinical Intensivological and Perioperative Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Department of Infectology and Laboratory Sciences, Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.

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