Human monkeypox preparedness in Latin America – Are we ready for the next viral zoonotic disease outbreak after COVID-19?

• Sergio Cimerman,
• Alberto Chebabo,
• Clovis Arns da Cunha,
• Alexandre Naime Barbosa,
• Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales

Affiliations

Sergio Cimerman

Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Brazilian Society for Infectious Diseases, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Colombia; Corresponding authors at: Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Colombia.

Alberto Chebabo

Brazilian Society for Infectious Diseases, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Clovis Arns da Cunha

Brazilian Society for Infectious Diseases, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Alexandre Naime Barbosa

Brazilian Society for Infectious Diseases, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Departamento de Infectologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Medicina, Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales

Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Master in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru; Colombian Association of Infectious Diseases, Bogota, Colombia; Corresponding authors at: Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Colombia.