Vaccination for monkeypox prevention in persons with high-risk sexual behaviours to control on-going outbreak of monkeypox virus clade 3.

• E Petersen,
• A Zumla,
• DS Hui,
• L Blumberg,
• SR Valdoleiros,
• L Amao,
• F Ntoumi,
• D Asogun,
• L Simonsen,
• N Haider,
• T Traore,
• N Kapata,
• O Dar,
• J Nachega,
• A Abbara,
• A Al Balushi,
• R Kock,
• M Maeurer,
• SS Lee,
• DR Lucey,
• G Ippolito,
• MPG Koopmans

Affiliations

E Petersen

Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark; European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [ESCMID] Task Force for Emerging Infections, Basel, Switzerland; Corresponding author: Eskild Petersen: Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University Denmark, Pall Juul Jensens Boulevard 100, 8200 Aarhus N. Phone: +45 20733223

A Zumla

Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

DS Hui

Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

L Blumberg

Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa; Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa

SR Valdoleiros

European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [ESCMID] Task Force for Emerging Infections, Basel, Switzerland; Infectious Diseases Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal

L Amao

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

F Ntoumi

Congolese Foundation for Medical Research, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany

D Asogun

Irrua Specialized Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria

L Simonsen

PandemiX Center, Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark

N Haider

The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

T Traore

Emergency Preparedness and Response Programme, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Dakar Hub, Dakar, Senegal

N Kapata

National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia

O Dar

Chatham House and UK Public health security agency, London, UK

J Nachega

Department of Medicine and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, USA; Departments of Epidemiology and International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

A Abbara

UK Syria Public Health Network, and Department of Infection, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK

A Al Balushi

Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman

R Kock

The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK

M Maeurer

ImmunoSurgery Unit, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal; Medizinische Klinik, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

SS Lee

Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 206 Postgraduate Education Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

DR Lucey

Daniel R. Lucey, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA

G Ippolito

Guiseppe Ippolito: Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy

MPG Koopmans

Viroscience Department, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands