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Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Monkeypox Cases - United States, May 17-July 22, 2022.

open access: yesMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2022
Monkeypox, a zoonotic infection caused by an orthopoxvirus, is endemic in parts of Africa. On August 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the U.S. monkeypox outbreak, which began on May 17, to be a public health emergency (1,
David H. Philpott   +115 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public Health Threat of New, Reemerging, and Neglected Zoonoses in the Industrialized World [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Human Monkeypox.

open access: yesIranian journal of medical sciences, 2022
Human monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a double-stranded DNA virus of the Orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. Two genetic clades of the monkeypox virus have been identified: West African and Central African.
openaire   +3 more sources

Reassessment of Evidence about Coinfection of Chickenpox and Monkeypox (Mpox) in African Children

open access: yesViruses, 2022
In west and central Africa, monkeypox occurs mainly in older children, adolescents and young adults. In two large epidemiology studies of monkeypox outbreaks, the investigators observed a sizable number of coinfections of chickenpox (varicella) and ...
Ola Khallafallah, Charles Grose
doaj   +1 more source

Macaque models of human infectious disease. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Macaques have served as models for more than 70 human infectious diseases of diverse etiologies, including a multitude of agents-bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, prions.
Abe   +330 more
core   +1 more source

Monkeypox emergency

open access: yesNew Scientist, 2022
As cases surge, the WHO has raised its alert level and said nations must do more to combat the disease, reports Jason Arunn Murugesu.
openaire   +2 more sources

Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2022
We propose a novel, non-discriminatory classification of monkeypox virus diversity. Together with the World Health Organization, we named three clades (I, IIa and IIb) in order of detection.
C. Happi   +32 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Forecasting Prognosis of the Monkeypox Outbreak Based on a Comprehensive Statistical and Regression Analysis

open access: yesComputation, 2022
The uncommon illness known as monkeypox is brought on by the monkeypox virus. The Orthopoxvirus genus belongs to the family Poxviridae, which also contains the monkeypox virus.
Farhana Yasmin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detecting differential transmissibilities that affect the size of self-limited outbreaks. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Our ability to respond appropriately to infectious diseases is enhanced by identifying differences in the potential for transmitting infection between individuals. Here, we identify epidemiological traits of self-limited infections (i.e.
Blumberg, Seth   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Multiple lineages of Monkeypox virus detected in the United States, 2021- 2022

open access: yesbioRxiv, 2022
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease endemic in Central and West Africa. In May 2022, dozens of non-endemic countries reported hundreds of monkeypox cases, most with no epidemiological link to Africa. We identified two lineages of Monkeypox virus (MPXV)
C. Gigante   +31 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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