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. 2023 Jan:17:100424.
doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100424. Epub 2022 Dec 28.

Phasing out monkeypox: mpox is the new name for an old disease

Clarissa R Damaso  1
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Phasing out monkeypox: mpox is the new name for an old disease

Clarissa R Damaso. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Jan.
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CRD is a member of the WHO Emergency Committee on the multi-country outbreak of Mpox and a member of the ICTV study group on poxviruses. The author declares no competing interests.

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