This work is supported by

• The Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Mpox Rapid Research Funding Initiative (CIHR MZ1 187236)


• Research Nova Scotia (grant 2023-2565)


• Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation


• Li-Ka Shing Foundation


• Moderna Global Fellowship 2024 [2024-MGF-000316 (91353)]


• The corresponding author (DJK) is the Canada Research Chair in Translational Vaccinology and Inflammation