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The Roles of Unrecognized Mpox Cases, Contact Isolation and Vaccination in Determining Epidemic Size in Belgium: A Modeling Study

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: We used a network model to simulate a mpox epidemic among men who have sex with men. Our findings suggest that unrecognized infections have an important impact on the epidemic, and that vaccination of individuals at highest risk of infection reduces epidemic size more than post-exposure vaccination of sexual partners.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac723

Authors: Christophe Van Dijck, Niel Hens, Chris Kenyon, Achilleas Tsoumanis

Institutions: University of Antwerp, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Hasselt University, University of Cape Town

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: W4294339039