Monkeypox Entry and Emergence Preparation in Pakistan

Affiliations

¹ Henan International Joint Laboratory for Nuclear Protein Regulation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
² National Center for Bioinformatics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.

Editorial

Saadullah Khattak et al. Life (Basel). 2023.

. 2023 Dec 8;13(12):2308.

doi: 10.3390/life13122308.

¹ Henan International Joint Laboratory for Nuclear Protein Regulation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
² National Center for Bioinformatics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.

Abstract

Monkeypox (Mpox) is a virus that first emerged in Africa in 1970 [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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