Behavior change and infection induced immunity led to the decline of the 2022 Mpox outbreak in Berlin
These findings highlight that, in addition to vaccination, timely and clear communication of transmission routes may trigger spontaneous protective behavior within key populations; underscoring the importance of targeted sexual health education as a core component of outbreak response.
Authors
- Janine F. Michel
- Daniel Stern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-4283)
- Nikolay Lunchenkov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8567-9240)
- Axel Jeremias Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-4399)
- Nils Gubela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1391-3343)
- Ulrich Marcus
- A. M. Nitsche
- H. Y. Kim
- Max von Kleist
Institutions
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (DE)
- International Max Planck Research School for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems Engineering (DE)
- Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (ZA)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01340-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 27.20
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Berlin Mathematics Research Center MATH+