Shared immunogenic epitopes between host entry and exit proteins from monkeypox and Alaskapox viruses.

Competing Interests: We declare no competing interests. The authors acknowledge the financial support by Brazilian agencies. This study was supported in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) (Grant/Award Number: 001) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) (Grant/Award Number: BPD-00626-22 and APQ-01297-23). LPDA: conceptualisation, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, validation, and writing - original draft. ENS: conceptualisation, formal analysis, validation, and writing. PPC and LADA: conceptualisation, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, resources, supervision, validation, visualisation, and writing - original draft.