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Altruism brought 2022 mpox outbreak to a happy end
Saturday 1 April 2023, 12:15 AM
Soldiers in the Sacred Band of Thebes would rather die than abandon their lover on the battlefield [Image: Dejan Krivokapic on Pixabay]
Last year, we saw the largest ever global outbreak of mpox. Sexual health specialist Massimo Giola looks at how it was stopped in its tracks
Key points, The 2022 mpox outbreak was almost exclusively among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, and it behaved like a sexually transmitted infe, Education Blue W/ Grey Background W/ Padding
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