Publications by authors named "Peter Omondi Mala"
Article Synopsis
- The 2022-2023 mpox outbreak mainly impacted adult men, with only 1.3% of cases occurring in children and teens under 18.
- In the analyzed data, there was only one ICU admission for children and no recorded deaths in that age group.
- Different age groups experienced various transmission routes and clinical symptoms during the outbreak.
Background: In May 2022, several countries with no history of sustained community transmission of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) notified WHO of new mpox cases. These cases were soon followed by a large-scale outbreak, which unfolded across the world, driven by local, in-country transmission within previously unaffected countries. On July 23, 2022, WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) are predisposed to highly contagious, severe and fatal, emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), and re-emerging infectious diseases (RIDs). This paper reviews the epidemiological situation of EIDs and RIDs of global concern in the EMR between 2001 and 2018.
Methods: To do a narrative review, a complete list of studies in the field was we prepared following a systematic search approach.