Monkeypox virus containment: the application of ring vaccination and possible challenges
Ranjit Sah, Abdelaziz Abdelaal, Ankush Asija, Soney Basnyat, Yub Raj Sedhai, Sadikshya Ghimire, Sanjit Sah, D. Katterine Bonilla‐Aldana, Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales
Abstract
Due to the pandemic potential of monkeypox, the application of ring vaccination would be of great value in breaking the chain of transmission as well as in preventing the occurrence of this severe disease. Accompanying challenges should be overcome to properly contain the disease before it is declared as pandemic.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxMedicineVaccinationPandemicContainment (computer programming)VirologyTransmission (telecommunications)DiseaseVirusCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Environmental healthInfectious disease (medical specialty)VacciniaPathologyEngineeringGeneComputer scienceRecombinant DNAChemistryBiochemistryProgramming languageElectrical engineeringPoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchVirology and Viral Diseases