Monkeypox

O Mitjà, D Ogoina, BK Titanji, C Galvan, JJ Muyembe… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Monkeypox is a zoonotic illness caused by the monkeypox virus, an Orthopoxvirus in the
same genus as the variola, vaccinia, and cowpox viruses. Since the detection of the first …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox: epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention

Y Huang, L Mu, W Wang - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease that was once endemic in west and central Africa caused
by monkeypox virus. However, cases recently have been confirmed in many nonendemic …

Retrospective detection of asymptomatic monkeypox virus infections among male sexual health clinic attendees in Belgium

I De Baetselier, C Van Dijck, C Kenyon, J Coppens… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The magnitude of the 2022 multi-country monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreak has surpassed
any preceding outbreak. It is unclear whether asymptomatic or otherwise undiagnosed …

Description of the first global outbreak of mpox: an analysis of global surveillance data

H Laurenson-Schafer, N Sklenovská… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In May 2022, several countries with no history of sustained
community transmission of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) notified WHO of new mpox …

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with monkeypox in the GeoSentinel Network: a cross-sectional study

KM Angelo, T Smith, D Camprubí-Ferrer… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The early epidemiology of the 2022 monkeypox epidemic in non-endemic
countries differs substantially from the epidemiology previously reported from endemic …

Clinical features, hospitalisation and deaths associated with monkeypox: a systematic review and meta-analysis

VA Benites-Zapata, JR Ulloque-Badaracco… - Annals of clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction A multicountry monkeypox disease (MPX) outbreak began in May 2022 in
Europe, leading to the assessment as a potential Public Health Emergency of International …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox: An emerging global threat during the COVID-19 pandemic

CC Lai, CK Hsu, MY Yen, PI Lee, WC Ko… - Journal of Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of the monkeypox outbreak in early 2022 has posed a new global health
threat. As of July 8, 2022, 9069 laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported, and most of …

Tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations

G Frenois-Veyrat, F Gallardo, O Gorgé… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The ongoing monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreak is the largest ever recorded outside of
Africa. We isolated and sequenced a virus from the first clinical MPXV case diagnosed in …

Monkeypox virus infections in humans

S Elsayed, L Bondy, WP Hanage - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human monkeypox is a viral zoonosis endemic to West and Central Africa that has recently
generated increased interest and concern on a global scale as an emerging infectious …

Transmission dynamics of monkeypox in the United Kingdom: contact tracing study

T Ward, R Christie, RS Paton, F Cumming, CE Overton - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objective To analyse the transmission dynamics of the monkeypox outbreak in the UK,
declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in July 2022. Design Contact …