Notes from the Field: Responding to an Outbreak of Monkeypox Using the One Health Approach --- Nigeria, 2017--2018

Published on September 20, 2018

In September 2018, the first case of an outbreak of monkeypox was reported in Nigeria, which likely resulted from a complex intersection of events and required a robust outbreak response collaboration among human, animal, and environmental health institutions.

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