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<journal-title><![CDATA[Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde]]></journal-title>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente - Ministério da Saúde do Brasil]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of mpox cases: correspondence]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características epidemiológicas y clínicas de los casos de viruela símica: correspondência]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Características epidemiológicas e clínicas dos casos de mpox: correspondência]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mungmunpuntipantip]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rujittika]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Wiwanitkit]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Viroj]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Private Academic Consultant  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bangkok ]]></addr-line>
<country>Thailand</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Joseph Ayobabalola University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ikeji-Arakeji ]]></addr-line>
<country>Nigeria</country>
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<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<year>2023</year>
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<volume>32</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
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