Public awareness, specific knowledge, and worry about mpox (monkeypox): A preliminary community-based study in Shenzhen, China

BackgroundThe mpox (monkeypox) outbreak has been declared to be a public health emergency of international concern by the Director-General of World Health Organization in July 2022. However, evidence regarding the awareness, knowledge, and worry about mpox in the general population remains scant.Met...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Public Health
Main Authors:	Fangmei Ren, Junchao Liu, Jianping Miao, Yucheng Xu, Ruiyin Zhang, Jingjie Fan, Wei Lin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Subjects:	awareness knowledge worry community resident mpox (monkeypox)
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1077564/full

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