Investigation and response to Monkeypox virus infection in Kerala, India, July 2022

• Meenakshy Vasu,
• Lakshmi Geetha Gopalakrishnan,
• Ajan Maheswaran Jaya,
• Anuja Ushakumari,
• Pragya Yadav,
• Prabhdeep Kaur,
• Srinath Ramamurthy,
• Mohan Kumar Raju,
• Anukumar Balakrishnan,
• Manoj Murhekar

Affiliations

Meenakshy Vasu

State Surveillance Unit- Integrated Disease Surveillance Project, Directorate of Health Services, Thiruvananthapuram, 695035, India

Lakshmi Geetha Gopalakrishnan

Corresponding author.; State Surveillance Unit- Integrated Disease Surveillance Project, Directorate of Health Services, Thiruvananthapuram, 695035, India; ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India

Ajan Maheswaran Jaya

ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India; Public Health Division, Directorate of Health Services, Thiruvananthapuram, 695035, India

Anuja Ushakumari

Prevention of Epidemic and Infectious Diseases State Cell, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695011, India

Pragya Yadav

ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Sus-Pashan Road, Pune, Maharashtra, 411021, India

Prabhdeep Kaur

ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India

Srinath Ramamurthy

ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India

Mohan Kumar Raju

ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India

Anukumar Balakrishnan

ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Kerala Unit, Govt. TDMC Hospital Complex, Vandanam, Alappuzha, Kerala, 688005, India

Manoj Murhekar

ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India