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Editorial
. 2022 Oct 17;19(20):13380.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013380.

Monkeypox and Global Health Inequities: A Tale as Old as Time…

Monica Malta  1   2 , Placide Mbala-Kingebeni  3 , Anne W Rimoin  4 , Steffanie A Strathdee  5
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Editorial

Monkeypox and Global Health Inequities: A Tale as Old as Time…

Monica Malta et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Infectious disease outbreaks can quickly become global in what has increasingly become a closely interconnected world, influenced by what is considered to be an unprecedented era of technological, demographic, and climatic change [...].

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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