A time of decline: An eco-anthropological and ethnohistorical investigation of mpox in the Central African Republic

• Romain Duda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Anthropology & Ecology of Disease Emergence Unit, Department of Global Health, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

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• José Martial Betoulet,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ndima Kali, Baaka and Sangha-Sangha Youth Association, Bayanga, Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas (DSPA-WWF), Bayanga, Central African Republic

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• Camille Besombes,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology of Emerging Diseases Unit, Department of Global Health, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

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• Festus Mbrenga,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic

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• Yanina Borzykh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Anthropology & Ecology of Disease Emergence Unit, Department of Global Health, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5362-2339

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• Emmanuel Nakouné,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic

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• Tamara Giles-Vernick

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tamara.giles-vernick@pasteur.fr

  Affiliation Anthropology & Ecology of Disease Emergence Unit, Department of Global Health, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2873-8544

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