Importance of epidemiological research of monkeypox: is incidence increasing?

Chikwe Ihekweazu; Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye; Swaib Lule; Abubakar Ibrahim

doi:10.1080/14787210.2020.1735361

Importance of epidemiological research of monkeypox: is incidence increasing?

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2020 May;18(5):389-392. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2020.1735361. Epub 2020 Mar 2.

Authors

Chikwe Ihekweazu¹, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye¹, Swaib Lule², Abubakar Ibrahim²

Affiliations

¹ Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
² Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Monkeypox; epidemiology; global health security; infectious diseases; viruses.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Epidemiologic Research Design*
Humans
Incidence
Monkeypox virus / isolation & purification
Mpox (monkeypox) / epidemiology*

Grants and funding

The authors are currently supported by the PANDORA-ID-NET Consortium [EDCTP Reg/Grant RIA2016E-1609] funded by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership [EDCTP2] programme under the Horizon 2020, the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The funders had no role in the writing of the article.