How Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand avoided large-scale mpox (formerly monkeypox) outbreaks in 2022–2023

Vincent J Cornelisse; Dash Heath-Paynter; Valerie Delpech; Phillip Read; Alexis Apostolellis; Nicholas A Medland; C Raina MacIntyre; Massimo Giola; Michael Kidd

doi:10.1111/imj.16236

How Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand avoided large-scale mpox (formerly monkeypox) outbreaks in 2022–2023

Vincent J Cornelisse
, Dash Heath-Paynter
, Valerie Delpech
, Phillip Read
, Alexis Apostolellis
, Nicholas A Medland
, C Raina MacIntyre
, Massimo Giola
, Michael Kidd

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Abstract

In 2022, while the global community was recovering from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a new global virus outbreak emerged, namely mpox. We describe how, despite significant challenges, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (AoNZ) managed to avoid large local outbreaks of mpox.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1732-1738
Number of pages	7
Journal	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume	53
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16236
Publication status	Published - Oct 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Mpox
Zoonotic orthopoxvirus
Disease outbreak

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