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Testing, Tracing, and Vaccination Targets for Containment of the US Monkeypox Outbreak: A Modeling Study

Year: 2022

Type: preprint

Abstract: We estimate the levels of community testing, contact tracing, and vaccination required to reduce the effective reproduction number (Rt) of Monkeypox Virus (MPXV) below 1 for high risk men who have sex with men. We found that the critical threshold to vaccinate depends on the basic reproduction number of MPXV and on other public health measures. This analysis provides a framework for quantitative targets toward MPXV containment.

Source: medRxiv

DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.01.22278199

Authors: Melanie H. Chitwood, Jiye Kwon, Alexandra Savinkina, Jo Walker, Alyssa Bilinski, Gregg Gonsalves

Institutions: Yale University, Brown University

Language: English

Topic: Poxvirus research and outbreaks

Subfield: Virology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4289793636

Cites: 1

Cited by: 3

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