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Rising epidemiological trends in prevalence and mortality of mpox

Global insights and analysis

Muhammad OS. Meo, Muhammad ZS. Meo, Isra M. Khan, Muhammad AS. Butt, Adnan M. Usmani and Sultan A. Meo
Saudi Medical Journal December 2024, 45 (12) 1334-1339; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.12.20240720
Muhammad OS. Meo
From the College of Medicine (MOS Meo, MZS Meo, Khan), Alfaisal University; from the Department of Family Medicine (Butt) and Department of Physiology (S. Meo), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muhammad ZS. Meo
From the College of Medicine (MOS Meo, MZS Meo, Khan), Alfaisal University; from the Department of Family Medicine (Butt) and Department of Physiology (S. Meo), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Isra M. Khan
From the College of Medicine (MOS Meo, MZS Meo, Khan), Alfaisal University; from the Department of Family Medicine (Butt) and Department of Physiology (S. Meo), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muhammad AS. Butt
From the College of Medicine (MOS Meo, MZS Meo, Khan), Alfaisal University; from the Department of Family Medicine (Butt) and Department of Physiology (S. Meo), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Adnan M. Usmani
From the College of Medicine (MOS Meo, MZS Meo, Khan), Alfaisal University; from the Department of Family Medicine (Butt) and Department of Physiology (S. Meo), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sultan A. Meo
From the College of Medicine (MOS Meo, MZS Meo, Khan), Alfaisal University; from the Department of Family Medicine (Butt) and Department of Physiology (S. Meo), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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