The WHO mpox public health emergency of international concern declaration: Need for reprioritisation of global public health responses to combat the MPXV Clade I epidemic

Affiliations

• ¹ International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, USA; S.H. Ho Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. Electronic address: sslee@cuhk.edu.hk.
• ² WHO Emergencies Preparedness and Response (EPR), World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa - Dakar Hub, Dakar, Senegal.
• ³ Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK; National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.