Estimating the burden of mpox among MSM in South Africa
Despite seeing few cases during the 2022–2023 mpox global outbreak, reports in May–July 2024 of 22 cases among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) in South Africa, including three deaths, have raised concerns about under-reported community transmission. We used a Monte Carlo simulation model to estimate...
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| Main Authors: | Lilith K Whittles, Leigh F Johnson, Ruth McCabe |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2025-02-01
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| Series: | BMJ Global Health |
| Online Access: | https://gh.bmj.com/content/10/2/e017268.full |
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