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Continuing Medical Education

Monkeypox: another pandemic in the making?

Prinay Sohala Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India
, MBBS,
Aakanksha Guptaa Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
, MBBS,
Shefali Guptab Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS Raebareli, Raebareli, India
, MD,
Vasu Guptaa Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India
, MBBS,
Ridhimaa Jainc Department of Paediatrics, Centre of Excellence-Early Intervention Centre, Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
, MD &
Rohit Jaind Department of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre, Hershey, Pennsylvania
, MD
Pages 370-374 | Received 18 Oct 2022, Accepted 01 Feb 2023, Published online: 03 Apr 2023

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