Reproduction number of monkeypox in the early stage of the 2022 multi-country outbreak

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Monkeypox, a fast-spreading viral zoonosis outside of Africa in May 2022, has put scientists on alert. We estimated the reproduction number to be 1.39 (95% CrI: 1.37, 1.42) by aggregating all cases in 70 countries as of 22 July 2022.