Global Virus Network Bolsters Multinational Mpox Response Through Critical Meeting of Key Global Partners
Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) fellow Nicolle Baird piloting a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay in Ghana to better understand the mpox outbreak occurring in the West Africa region in November 2022. Credit: U.S. CDC Last week’s meeting marked a prelude to GVN’s international meeting in Durban, South Africa, September 16-18, 2024 Tampa, FL (August…
The Global Virus Network (GVN) Escalates MPOX Emergency Response Across Africa and Beyond
Credit: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium The GVN MPOX Action Committee is poised to mobilize resources and catalyze efforts in the urgent global call to action As the World Health Organization (WHO) declares MPOX a public health emergency of international concern, the Global Virus Network (GVN), headquartered at the University of South Florida (USF), USA,…
Global Outbreaks of Monkeypox
May 25, 2022 INTRODUCTION WHO and other health organizations are alarmed at the recent global outbreak of monkeypox. As of May 21, 2022, more than 80 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in at least 12 countries outside of Africa (1). The first case of the disease in the UK was reported on May 7,…