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Pratyush Kollepara @praty1931.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Increasing evidence for multimodal transmission of mpox! Our work showed that sexual + nonsexual transmission led to underestimation of attack rate even when nonsexual transmission is initially minimal and surveillance needs to be focused on multiple modes of transmission. doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

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Heterogeneity in network structure switches the dominant transmission mode of infectious diseases

Abstract. Several recent emerging diseases have exhibited both sexual and nonsexual transmission modes (Ebola, Zika, and mpox). In the recent mpox outbreak

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

An explosive outbreak of mpox in Sierra Leone is raising fears of wider spread. The country of 9 million has seen more than 3000 cases already. “We could see very rapid geographic expansion […] if we don’t really try and get things under control quickly,” says @kindrachukjason.bsky.social 🧪 #IDsky

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Explosive mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone overwhelms health systems

Rapid transmission through sexual networks raises fears of wider spread in the region

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Pratyush Kollepara @praty1931.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I hope that so-called "international" conferences will be held in less prohibitive locations now.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

This is horrible and maybe now academics in the global north who have always traveled freely without the added worry of visa and immigration concerns will have some empathy for academics from the global South for whom this is actually the norm i.e. harassment at borders and visa denials.

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