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These monkeypox researchers warned that the disease would go global

A Nigerian disease-surveillance expert and a US epidemiologist have been tracking monkeypox for years. Can their insights help to stop its spread and prevent future outbreaks?
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Nigerian disease surveillance expert Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye portrayed in London.

Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye led Nigeria’s investigation into a monkeypox outbreak in 2017. Credit: Alecsandra Dragoi for Nature

In May, when monkeypox began to spread across Europe and beyond, many public-health specialists were taken by surprise. But for researchers who have tracked and studied the viral disease for years in Central and West Africa, the only shock was seeing how accurate their predictions were.

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Nature 612, 22-23 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04155-9

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