[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox: a comprehensive review of transmission, pathogenesis, and manifestation

J Kaler, A Hussain, G Flores, S Kheiri, D Desrosiers - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As the fear of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic subsides, countries
around the globe are now dealing with a fear of the epidemic surrounding the prevalence of …

Monkeypox virus in Nigeria: infection biology, epidemiology, and evolution

E Alakunle, U Moens, G Nchinda, MI Okeke - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a member of
orthopoxvirus genus. The reemergence of MPXV in 2017 (at Bayelsa state) after 39 years of …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of monkeypox as the most important orthopoxvirus infection in humans

N Sklenovská, M Van Ranst - Frontiers in public health, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Monkeypox is an emerging zoonotic disease recognized as the most important
orthopoxvirus infection in humans in the smallpox post-eradication era. The clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The detection of monkeypox virus DNA in wastewater samples in the Netherlands

EF de Jonge, CM Peterse, JM Koelewijn… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract As of 18 August 2022, 1087 confirmed cases of monkeypox are reported in the
Netherlands. Monkeypox virus likely ends up in wastewater because i) skin flakes from …

Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of a potential smallpox therapeutic, brincidofovir, in a lethal monkeypox virus animal model

CL Hutson, AV Kondas, MR Mauldin, JB Doty… - MSphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Smallpox, caused by Variola virus (VARV), was eradicated in 1980; however, VARV
bioterrorist threats still exist, necessitating readily available therapeutics. Current …

Mpox respiratory transmission: the state of the evidence

A Beeson, A Styczynski, CL Hutson, F Whitehill… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The relative contribution of the respiratory route to transmission of mpox (formerly known as
monkeypox) is unclear. We review the evidence for respiratory transmission of monkeypox …

Human monkeypox

AM McCollum, IK Damon - Clinical infectious diseases, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Human monkeypox is a zoonotic Orthopoxvirus with a presentation similar to smallpox.
Clinical differentiation of the disease from smallpox and varicella is difficult. Laboratory …

Antivirals with activity against mpox: a clinically oriented review

EA Siegrist, J Sassine - Clinical infectious diseases, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mpox virus is an emergent human pathogen. While it is less lethal than smallpox, it can still
cause significant morbidity and mortality. In this review, we explore 3 antiviral agents with …

Assessing monkeypox virus prevalence in small mammals at the human–animal interface in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

JB Doty, JM Malekani, LN Kalemba, WT Stanley… - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
During 2012, 2013 and 2015, we collected small mammals within 25 km of the town of
Boende in Tshuapa Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The prevalence of …

Real-time PCR assays for the specific detection of monkeypox virus West African and Congo Basin strain DNA

Y Li, H Zhao, K Wilkins, C Hughes, IK Damon - Journal of virological …, 2010 - Elsevier
Orthopoxvirus monkeypox (MPXV) forms two distinct clades: the MPXV Congo Basin clade
viruses are endemic in the Congo Basin, human illness typically presents with symptoms …