ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013
Detection of human monkeypox in the Republic of the Congo following intensive community education.
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- Paediatric, maternal, and congenital mpox: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Pooled it
- Global Epidemiological Features of Human Monkeypox Cases and Their Associations With Social-Economic Level and International Travel Arrivals: A Systematic Review and Ecological Study.International journal of public health · 2023Pooled it
- The changing epidemiology of human monkeypox-A potential threat? A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Delivering infectious disease interventions to women and children in conflict settings: a systematic reviefw.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of the epidemiology of human monkeypox outbreaks and implications for outbreak strategy.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Pooled it
- Sustaining Mpox Surveillance, Research, and Care Integration in a Post-PHEIC, Resource-Constrained World.Viruses · 2026Review
- An ultrasensitive and specific CRISPR-Cas13a-mediated point-of-care assay for monkeypox detection and PCR-based clade detection.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- DeepGenMon: A Novel Framework for Monkeypox Classification Integrating Lightweight Attention-Based Deep Learning and a Genetic Algorithm.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Structural and functional insights into the helicase protein E5 of Mpox virus.Cell discovery · 2024Article
- Infection prevention and control measures to reduce the transmission of mpox: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Monkeypox: Past, Present, and Future.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- Molecular epidemiology, transmission and clinical features of 2022-mpox outbreak: A systematic review.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Hyper-parameter tuned deep learning approach for effective human monkeypox disease detection.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Changing Global Epidemiology of Re-emerging Human Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- A Comprehensive Review on Monkeypox Viral Disease with Potential Diagnostics and Therapeutic Options.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Human Pathogenic Monkeypox Disease Recognition Using Q-Learning Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Neuropsychiatric manifestations of monkeypox: A clinically oriented comprehensive review.Brain and behavior · 2023Review
- Demographic, Epidemiologic, and Clinical Characteristics of Human Monkeypox Disease Pre- and Post-2022 Outbreaks: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Biomedicines · 2023Review
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Abstract
Monkeypox is an acute viral infection with a clinical course resembling smallpox. It is endemic in northern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but it is reported only sporadically in neighboring Republic of the Congo (ROC). In October 2009, interethnic violence in northwestern DRC precipitated the movement of refugees across the Ubangi River into ROC. The influx of refugees into ROC heightened concerns about monkeypox in the area, because of the possibility that the virus could be imported, or that incidence could increase caused by food insecurity and over reliance on bush meat. As part of a broad-based campaign to improve health standards in refugee settlement areas, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) sponsored a program of intensive community education that included modules on monkeypox recognition and prevention. In the 6 months immediately following the outreach, 10 suspected cases of monkeypox were reported to health authorities. Laboratory testing confirmed monkeypox virus infection in two individuals, one of whom was part of a cluster of four suspected cases identified retrospectively. Anecdotes collected at the time of case reporting suggest that the outreach campaign contributed to detection of suspected cases of monkeypox.
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