When a neglected tropical zoonotic disease emerges in non-endemic countries: need to proactively fill the unveiled knowledge gaps towards human monkeypox among the Lebanese population

• Main Authors: Dalal Youssef (Author), Edmond Abboud (Author), Malak Kawtharani (Author), Zahraa Zheim (Author), Nisrine Abou Arrage (Author), Janet Youssef (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction The ongoing multi-country outbreak of monkeypox (MPX) that emerges in non-endemic areas is a rare and unprecedented event that has sparked a widespread public health concern. Lebanon has reported four confirmed cases of MPX so far. Since good knowledge about the MPX virus and i...