Environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural drivers of monkeypox transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a One Health perspective
Both socioeconomic and environmental factors play important roles in mpox transmission. Our study further highlighted the importance of considering the interconnectedness among humans, animals, and the environment, and treating these factors as a whole to explain the transmission and emergence of mpox outbreaks in the DRC according to the One Health concept.
Authors
- Olaf Müller
- Jinkou Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9184-3385)
- Kai Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7428-8401)
- Pengpeng Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3693-1312)
- Kaixuan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6434-0387)
- Guangyu Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2568-7091)
- Liying Chai
- Guoqiang Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0411-3980)
- Enyu Xu
- Zeyin Chong
- Ce Na
Institutions
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (CH)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Yangzhou Vocational University (CN)
- Yangzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Diseases of Poverty
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01278-9
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.22
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China