Stopping smallpox vaccinations has cleared the way for the emergence of monkeypox in Africa - latimes.com
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Stopping smallpox vaccinations has cleared the way for the emergence of monkeypox in Africa - latimes.com
It was 30 years ago this year that the last smallpox vaccination was given worldwide, after the disease had officially been declared eradicated. But the elimination of smallpox vaccinations has, ironically, led to the emergence of a related--albeit less infectious--disease known as monkeypox. New findings reported Monday indicate that the prevalence of monkeypox infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has increased 20-fold since the halt of the smallpox vaccination campaign.
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