The Roles of Unrecognized Mpox Cases, Contact Isolation and Vaccination in Determining Epidemic Size in Belgium: A Modeling Study
Christophe Van Dijck, Niel Hens, Chris Kenyon, Achilleas Tsoumanis
Abstract
We used a network model to simulate a mpox epidemic among men who have sex with men. Our findings suggest that unrecognized infections have an important impact on the epidemic, and that vaccination of individuals at highest risk of infection reduces epidemic size more than post-exposure vaccination of sexual partners.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineVaccinationIsolation (microbiology)DemographyContact tracingEnvironmental healthImmunologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)DiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)BiologyInternal medicineBioinformaticsSociologyPoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchVirology and Viral Diseases