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Comment
. 2022 Dec;3(12):e889-e890.
doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00286-5. Epub 2022 Oct 7.

Monkeypox and the health-care environment

Dimie Ogoina  1 , Folasade Tolulope Ogunsola  2
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Comment

Monkeypox and the health-care environment

Dimie Ogoina et al. Lancet Microbe. 2022 Dec.
No abstract available

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  • Air and surface sampling for monkeypox virus in a UK hospital: an observational study.
    Gould S, Atkinson B, Onianwa O, Spencer A, Furneaux J, Grieves J, Taylor C, Milligan I, Bennett A, Fletcher T, Dunning J; NHS England Airborne High Consequence Infectious Diseases Network. Gould S, et al. Lancet Microbe. 2022 Dec;3(12):e904-e911. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00257-9. Epub 2022 Oct 7. Lancet Microbe. 2022. PMID: 36215984 Free PMC article.

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