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. 2024 Dec 6;8(1):e003030.
doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-003030.

Mpox in children (2024): New Challenges

Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales  1   2   3 , Camila Luna  4 , Luis Flores-Girón  5 , Francisco Javier Membrillo de Novales  6 , Carlos Torres-Martinez  7 , German Camacho-Moreno  8   9 , Ranjit Sah  10   11   12 , Jaime David Acosta-España  13   14   15   16   17 , Fatma Amer  18 , Carlos Espinal  19 , Jose Brea  20 , María L Avila-Aguero  21   22 , Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez  23   24   25 , José A Suárez  26   27
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Mpox in children (2024): New Challenges

Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales et al. BMJ Paediatr Open. .
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Keywords: Adolescent Health; Child Health; Developing Countries; Epidemiology; Virology.

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Competing interests: No, there are no competing interests.

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Figure 1. Mpox in east Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (2024). (A). Age distribution of cases in Lwiro Hospital, Sud Kivu, August–September. (B). Paediatric cases in Sud Kivu. Reproduced with permission, written consent and ethics approval. Pictures taken by Dr. Luis Flores, Sud Kivu, DRC.
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