How Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand avoided large-scale mpox (formerly monkeypox) outbreaks in 2022-2023

Vincent J Cornelisse^{1

2

3

4}, Dash Heath-Paynter^{3

5}, Valerie Delpech⁶, Phillip Read^{3

7}, Alexis Apostolellis², Nicholas A Medland^{2

3}, C Raina MacIntyre³, Massimo Giola⁸, Michael Kidd^{9

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11}

Affiliations

¹ Sydney Local Health District and Northern Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
² ASHM (the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Health Equity Matters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ Mid North Coast Local Health District, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁸ Te Whatu Ora - Hauora a Toi and Lakes Districts, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
⁹ Centre for Future Health Systems, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁰ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹¹ College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Editorial

Vincent J Cornelisse et al. Intern Med J. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;53(10):1732-1738.

doi: 10.1111/imj.16236.

¹ Sydney Local Health District and Northern Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
² ASHM (the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Health Equity Matters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ Mid North Coast Local Health District, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁸ Te Whatu Ora - Hauora a Toi and Lakes Districts, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
⁹ Centre for Future Health Systems, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁰ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹¹ College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

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