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Mpox in Central Africa: complex epidemiology requires a constellation approach.

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Currently Central Africa is experiencing multiple large concurrent mpox outbreaks spreading across several nations and at-risk populations via multiple transmission modes. This current surge of cases, framed in the context of the 2022 global outbreak, is challenging legacy understandings of mpox. Here, we consider how the political, economic, and public health conditions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have influenced the recorded epidemiology of mpox and how, given this context, current vaccine and outbreak response can be crafted for greatest impact.

Source: Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern

DOI: 10.48620/87904

Authors: Halbrook, Megan, Makangara Cigolo, Jean Claude, Merritt, Sydney, Hoff, Nicole A, Liesenborghs, Laurens, Hensley, Lisa E, Vercauteren, Koen, Mbala-Kingebeni, Placide, Rimoin, Anne W, Kindrachuk, Jason

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: W6929700246

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