The need for pre-emptive control strategies for mpox in Asia and Oceania

• Main Authors: Gan, Gregory, Janhavi, A., Tong, Guan, Lim, Jue Tao, Dickens, Borame L.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Monkeypox virus; Network model
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174773
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Introduction: The transmission dynamics of the recent mpox outbreak highlights the lack of infrastructure available to rapidly respond to novel STI outbreaks, of which Asia and Oceania remains particularly susceptible. Here, we simulate outbreaks in this setting and propose the use of pre-emptive va...