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Anticipating the species jump: surveillance for emerging viral threats. [PDF]

, 2012
Zoonotic disease surveillance is typically triggered after animal pathogens have already infected humans. Are there ways to identify high-risk viruses before they emerge in humans? If so, then how and where can identifications be made and by what methods?
Bush, RM, Cobey, S, Flanagan, ML, Glass, GE, Leighton, TJ, Parrish, CR   +5 more
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Ulcerating vulvar lesions revealing a rare female case of monkeypox in Switzerland

AJOG Global Reports, 2023
The human monkeypox virus is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus initially discovered in Africa that causes a disease similar to smallpox with less severe symptoms.
Dina Ezzat, MD, Bastien Barcellini, MD, Julie Meier, MD, Edouard Duc-Ha, MD, Jérôme Mathis, MD   +4 more
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Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis. [PDF]

, 2012
Most pandemics--eg, HIV/AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, pandemic influenza--originate in animals, are caused by viruses, and are driven to emerge by ecological, behavioural, or socioeconomic changes.
Carroll, Dennis, Daszak, Peter, Karesh, William B, Lipkin, W Ian, Mazet, Jonna AK, Morse, Stephen S, Parrish, Colin R, Woolhouse, Mark, Zambrana-Torrelio, Carlos   +8 more
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Human Monkeypox- Spillover Event

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research, 2022
Human monkeypox is a zoonotic disease mostly found in tropical rainforest areas of Central and West Africa. It belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus and the Poxviridae family. Two clades of monkeypox have been seen, mainly the Central African Clade and the West African Clade.
Nikita S. Kolte, Dr. Prafulla P. Adkar, Surekha N. Shegar, Pallavi.S. Shelke, Aniruddha V. Nilangekar, Anuradha M. Patil, Swapnil B. Gadekar, Komal L. Bhosale   +7 more
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Monkeypox Goes North: Ongoing Worldwide Monkeypox Infections in Humans

Viruses, 2022
In the late 1970s, global vaccination programs resulted in the eradication of smallpox. The Monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is closely related to the smallpox-inducing variola virus, was previously endemic only in Sub-Saharan Africa but is currently spreading worldwide.
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In vitro inhibition of monkeypox virus production and spread by Interferon-β

Virology Journal, 2012
Background The Orthopoxvirus genus contains numerous virus species that are capable of causing disease in humans, including variola virus (the etiological agent of smallpox), monkeypox virus, cowpox virus, and vaccinia virus (the prototypical member of ...
Johnston Sara C, Lin Kenny L, Connor John H, Ruthel Gordon, Goff Arthur, Hensley Lisa E   +5 more
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Monkeypox in an immunocompromised patient with underlying human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis infections in Southern Florida of the United States: a case report

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2023
Background The orthopoxvirus causes the rare disease monkeypox, and underlying immune deficiencies might lead to worse outcomes. In this report, we described a rare case of monkeypox with an underlying immune deficiency caused by human immunodeficiency ...
Wooyoung Jang, Likhita Kandimalla, Sivagami Rajan, Rafael Abreu, Jamie Enrique Campos   +4 more
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AN OVERVIEW OF MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK

Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, 2023
The proceeding 2022 multicountry epidemic of Monkeypox emerges as a global health concern. The first death outside of Africa appeared in Brazil on July 29, 2022, and the first death in Europe occurred in Spain on July 29, 2022.
Erhan Kaya, Musa Şahin, Yavuzalp Solak, Onur Acar, Celal Kuş, Mine Müjde Kuş, Muhammed Mustafa Beyoğlu, Burhan Fatih Koçyiğit   +7 more
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Public Health Threat of New, Reemerging, and Neglected Zoonoses in the Industrialized World [PDF]

, 2010
Microbiologic infections acquired from animals, known as zoonoses, pose a risk to public health. An estimated 60% of emerging human pathogens are zoonotic. Of these pathogens, >71% have wildlife origins.
Cutler, S.J., Fooks, A.R., Poel, W.H.M., van der   +2 more
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Human monkeypox virus: An updated review

Medicine, 2022
The human monkeypox is an emerging zoonotic orthopoxvirus with a clinical presentation similar to that of smallpox. It is difficult to differentiate monkeypox from other orthopedic infections, and laboratory diagnosis is the primary component of disease identification and monitoring.
Nawal Adnan, Zargham ul Haq, Asmara Malik, Asim Mehmood, Uzma Ishaq, Maria Faraz, Jahanzeb Malik, Amin Mehmoodi   +7 more
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