Reproduction number of monkeypox in the early stage of the 2022 multi-country outbreak

Du, Z; Shao, Z; Bai, Y; Wang, L; Herrera-Diestra, JL; Fox, SJ; Ertem, Z; Lau, Eric; Cowling, BJ

Reproduction number of monkeypox in the early stage of the 2022 multi-country outbreak

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posted on 2024-05-30, 23:44 authored by Z Du, Z Shao, Y Bai, L Wang, JL Herrera-Diestra, SJ Fox, Z Ertem, Eric LauEric Lau, BJ Cowling

Monkeypox, a fast-spreading viral zoonosis outside of Africa in May 2022, has put scientists on alert. We estimated the reproduction number to be 1.39 (95% CrI: 1.37, 1.42) by aggregating all cases in 70 countries as of 22 July 2022.

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Journal of Travel Medicine

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29

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taac099

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1-4

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Oxford, Eng.

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1195-1982

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1708-8305

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eng

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36006837

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C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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8

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Oxford University Press

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