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. 2022 Sep 1;185(18):3279-3281.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.002. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Monkeypox emergency: Urgent questions and perspectives

Stefan Rothenburg, Zhilong Yang, Pip Beard, Sara L Sawyer, Boghuma Titanji, Gregg Gonsalves, Jason Kindrachuk

Monkeypox emergency: Urgent questions and perspectives

Stefan Rothenburg et al. Cell. .

Abstract

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we now face another public health emergency in the form of monkeypox virus. As of August 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report over 23,000 cases in 80 countries. An inclusive and global collaborative effort to understand the biology, evolution, and spread of the virus as well as commitment to vaccine equity will be critical toward containing this outbreak. We share the voices of leading experts in this space on what they see as the most pressing questions and directions for the community.

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Declaration of interests S.L.S. is a founder of Darwin Biosciences and a member of its scientific advisory board. She serves as a consultant for the MITRE Corp. and as a senior editor at the journal eLife. She is a member of the Planning Committee for Countering Zoonotic Spillover of High Consequence Pathogens, sponsored by the Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. B.T. has received consulting fees for the non-profit organization CRITICA for work unrelated to the present publication.

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Stefan Rothenburg University of California Davis, USA
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Zhilong Yang Texas A&M University, USA
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Pip Beard Pirbright Institute, UK
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Sara L. Sawyer University of Colorado Boulder, USA
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Boghuma Titanji Emory University, USA
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Gregg Gonsalves Yale University, USA
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Jason Kindrachuk University of Manitoba, Canada
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