Enhancing case definitions for surveillance of human monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• Lynda Osadebe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ LO and CMH share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Epidemic Intelligence Service, Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Christine M. Hughes ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ LO and CMH share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Robert Shongo Lushima,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Joelle Kabamba,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Beatrice Nguete,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Jean Malekani,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Elisabeth Pukuta,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Stomy Karhemere,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Emile Wemakoy Okitolonda,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Mary G. Reynolds,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Andrea M. McCollum

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: amccollum@cdc.gov

  Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9136-818X

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