The risk of mpox importation and subsequent outbreak potential in Chinese mainland: a retrospective statistical modelling study

• Main Authors: Xiaowei Deng (Author), Yuyang Tian (Author), Junyi Zou (Author), Juan Yang (Author), Kaiyuan Sun (Author), Hongjie Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The 2022-2023 mpox (monkeypox) outbreak has spread rapidly across multiple countries in the non-endemic region, mainly among men who have sex with men (MSM). In this study, we aimed to evaluate mpox's importation risk, border screening effectiveness and the risk of local out...