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. 2024 Feb 1;51(2):102-104.
doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001904. Epub 2023 Nov 16.

Effects of Rurality on Distance and Time Traveled to Receive Vaccination Against Mpox-New Mexico and Idaho 2022-2023

Anna M Stadelman-Behar, Megan E Cahill, Katherine Newell  1 , Marla Sievers  2 , Mika Gehre  2 , Kris K Carter, Daniel M Sosin  2 , Elizabeth A Torrone  3
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Effects of Rurality on Distance and Time Traveled to Receive Vaccination Against Mpox-New Mexico and Idaho 2022-2023

Anna M Stadelman-Behar et al. Sex Transm Dis. .

Abstract

We compared mpox vaccination access between urban and rural residents who received ≥1 JYNNEOS dose using immunization data in Idaho and New Mexico. Rural residents traveled 5 times farther and 3 times longer than urban residents to receive mpox vaccination. Increasing mpox vaccine availability to health care facilities might increase uptake.

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Conflict of Interest and Sources of Funding: None of the listed authors have any conflicts of interest to report or funding to declare regarding this manuscript or its findings.

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