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Aisling Vaughan1,2, Emma Aarons3, John Astbury4
1Emerging Infections and Zoonoses Section, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, London, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
In early September 2018, two cases of monkeypox were reported in the United Kingdom (UK), diagnosed on 7 September in Cornwall (South West England) and 11 September in Blackpool (North West England). The cases were epidemiologically unconnected and had recently travelled to the UK from Nigeria, where monkeypox is currently circulating. We describe the epidemiology and the public health response for the first diagnosed cases outside the African continent since 2003.
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