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. 2022 Oct 1;100(10):586-587.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.22.021022.

Monkeypox: the consequences of neglect

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Monkeypox: the consequences of neglect

No authors listed. Bull World Health Organ. .

Abstract

The monkeypox epidemic is highlighting the risks entailed in dismissing an emerging disease as someone else's problem. Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan and Gary Humphreys report.

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A nurse takes a throat swab from a man who has monkeypox at the Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos in Lisbon, Portugal.
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A laboratory technician prepares monkeypox samples for the diagnosis process in the Biosafety Level 3 suite at the National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge in Lisbon, Portugal.
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