Letter to the editor: Bias in the vaccine effectiveness estimates of one-dose post-exposure prophylaxis against mpox

Catharina E van Ewijk; Susan JM Hahné

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Letter to the editor: Bias in the vaccine effectiveness estimates of one-dose post-exposure prophylaxis against mpox
Catharina E van Ewijk^1,2 , Susan JM Hahné¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands ² European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

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Citation style for this article: van Ewijk Catharina E, Hahné Susan JM. Letter to the editor: Bias in the vaccine effectiveness estimates of one-dose post-exposure prophylaxis against mpox. Euro Surveill. 2023;28(34):pii=2300358. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.34.2300358 Received: 13 Jul 2023; Accepted: 23 Aug 2023

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