Strengthening Pakistan’s healthcare and economic resilience against potential mpox outbreaks

Muhammad Idrees; Muhammad Momin Khan; Muhammad Talha; Ramez M. Odat; Hritvik Jain; Rachana Mehta; Aroop Mohanty; Ranjit Sah

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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (12) :525 -526. DOI: 10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_544_24

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Strengthening Pakistan’s healthcare and economic resilience against potential mpox outbreaks

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Lahore General Hospital Lahore Punjab, Pakistan

² Department of Internal Medicine, Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad, Pakistan

³ Department of Internal Medicine, Nishtar Medical University Multan Punjab, Pakistan

⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, India

⁶ Dr. Lal PathLabs Nepal, Chandol, Kathmandu, Nepal

⁷ Department of Medical Laboratories Techniques, Al-Mustaqbal University, 51001 Hillah, Babil, Iraq

⁸ Clinical Microbiology, RDC, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana 121004, India

⁹ Department of Microbiology, AIIMS Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

¹⁰ SR Sanjeevani Hospital, Kalyanpur, Siraha 56517, Nepal

¹¹ Department of Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune 411018, Maharashtra, India

¹² Department of Public Health Dentistry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune 411018, Maharashtra, India

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Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Momin Khan, Muhammad Talha, Ramez M. Odat, Hritvik Jain, Rachana Mehta, Aroop Mohanty, Ranjit Sah. Strengthening Pakistan’s healthcare and economic resilience against potential mpox outbreaks. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2024, 17 (12) : 525-526 DOI:10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_544_24

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