title: Emerging diseases-the monkeypox epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; Unit of Infectious Diseases, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: anu.kantele@hus.fi.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kantele
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chickering
authors.affiliation: Departments of Virology and Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Virology and Immunology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vapalahti
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Rimoin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D045908:Mpox, Monkeypox / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission; D011159:Population Surveillance