First Monkeypox deaths outside Africa: no room for complacency

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2022Author(s)
Sah, R.
Mohanty, A.
Abdelaal, A.
Reda, A.
Rodriguez-Morales, A.J.
Henao-Martinez, A.F.
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As of 16 August 2022, there are 37,632 confirmed cases of monkeypox in more than 85 non-endemic countries, plus those in endemic African areas, making a total of 38,019 in 93 countries. The disease was always considered endemic in the African continent, with only a few sporadic outbreaks in the rest of the world since 2003. Surprisingly, the present epidemic has wholly changed the epidemiology of the disease, with Europe and the American continent contributing more than 90% of the total confirmed cases...
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