Underdetected dispersal and extensive local transmission drove the 2022 mpox epidemic

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The World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern in July 2022. To investigate global mpox transmission and population-level changes associated with controlling spread, we built phylogeographic and phylodynamic models to analyze MPXV genomes from five global regions together with air traffic and epidemiological data. Our models reveal community transmission prior to detection, changes in case reporting throughout the epidemic, and a large degree of transmission heterogeneity. We find that viral introductions played a limited role in prolonging spread after initial dissemination, suggesting that travel bans would have had only a minor impact. We find that mpox transmission in North America began declining before more than 10% of high-risk individuals in the USA had vaccine-induced immunity. Our findings highlight the importance of broader routine specimen screening surveillance for emerging infectious diseases and of joint integration of genomic and epidemiological information for early outbreak control.

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UpdateOf: medRxiv. 2023 Dec 07;:. - PMID 37577709

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:187

Enthalten in:

Cell - 187(2024), 6 vom: 14. März, Seite 1374-1386.e13

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Paredes, Miguel I [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Nashwa [VerfasserIn]
Figgins, Marlin [VerfasserIn]
Colizza, Vittoria [VerfasserIn]
Lemey, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
McCrone, John T [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Tran-Kiem, Cécile [VerfasserIn]
Bedford, Trevor [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Global health
Interventions
Journal Article
Mpox
Phylodynamics
Phylogenetics
Public health
Vaccination campaigns
Viral epidemiology
Viral evolution

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

UpdateOf: medRxiv. 2023 Dec 07;:. - PMID 37577709

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2024.02.003

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NLM369183045