The Evolving Epidemiology of Human Monkeypox: Questions Still to Be Answered

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(See the Major Article by Whitehouse et al, on pages 1870–8.) Would human monkeypox fill the epidemiological niche that was left after smallpox had been eradicated? This was a question that was asked during the 1970s as an increasing number of sporadic human monkeypox infections were reported from West and Central Africa. This question became even more important as evidence accrued that smallpox vaccination...

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