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Serial Interval and Incubation Period Estimates of Monkeypox Virus Infection in 12 Jurisdictions, United States, May–August 2022

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
Using data from 12 US health departments, we estimated mean serial interval for monkeypox virus infection to be 8.5 (95% credible interval 7.3–9.9) days for symptom onset, based on 57 case pairs.
Z. J. Madewell, K. Charniga, N. Masters, J. Asher, L. Fahrenwald, W. Still, Judy Chen, N. Kipperman, D. Bui, Meghan Shea, Katharine E. Saunders, L. Saathoff-Huber, Shannon Johnson, Khalil Harbi, Abby L. Berns, Taidy Perez, Emily L Gateley, I. Spicknall, Y. Nakazawa, T. Gift   +19 more
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The recent re-emergence of human monkeypox: Would it become endemic beyond Africa?

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023
Viral outbreaks still become global health challenges, for instance, influenza A viruses, Japanese encephalitis, Ebola virus, Yellow fever, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Mohamad S. Hakim, Suci A. Widyaningsih
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Discovery and structural characterization of monkeypox virus methyltransferase VP39 inhibitors reveal similarities to SARS-CoV-2 nsp14 methyltransferase

Nature Communications, 2023
Monkeypox is a disease with pandemic potential. It is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), a double-stranded DNA virus from the Poxviridae family, that replicates in the cytoplasm and must encode for its own RNA processing machinery including the ...
J. Silhan, M. Klíma, Tomáš Otava, Petr Skvara, D. Chalupska, K. Chalupský, Ján Kozic, Radim Nencka, E. Bouřa   +8 more
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A Comparative Evaluation of Three Diagnostic Assays for the Detection of Human Monkeypox

Viruses
Accurate and early diagnosis of monkeypox virus (MPXV) is crucial for controlling epidemics and treating affected individuals promptly. This study aimed to assess the analytical and clinical performance of the MolecisionTM Monkeypox Virus qPCR Assay ...
Jing Qu, Xiaomin Zhang, Kun Liu, You Li, Ting Wang, Zhonggang Fang, Cheng Chen, Xiao Tan, Ying Lin, Qing Xu, Yan Yang, Wanqing Wang, Manyu Huang, Shiliang Guo, Ziqiu Chen, Wei Rao, Xiaolu Shi, Bo Peng   +17 more
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Rapid Adaptation of Established High-Throughput Molecular Testing Infrastructure for Monkeypox Virus Detection

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
Beginning in May 2022, a rising number of monkeypox cases were reported in non–monkeypox-endemic countries in the Northern Hemisphere. We adapted 2 published quantitative PCRs for use as a dual-target monkeypox virus test on widely used automated high ...
Dominik Nörz, Hui Ting Tang, Petra Emmerich, Katja Giersch, Nicole Fischer, Stephan Schmiedel, Marylyn M. Addo, Martin Aepfelbacher, Susanne Pfefferle, Marc Lütgehetmann   +9 more
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Epidemiology-based analysis of the risks and elimination strategies of the monkeypox outbreak in 2022

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Human monkeypox, caused by monkeypox virus, has spread unprecedentedly to more than 100 countries since May 2022. Here we summarized the epidemiology of monkeypox through a literature review and elucidated the risks and elimination strategies of this ...
Ji-Ming Chen, Rui-Xu Chen, Huan-Yu Gong, Meng-Meng Zhao, Yu-Fei Ji, Ming-Hui Sun, Guo-Hui Li, Su-Mei Tan, Gui-Hong Zhang, Ji-Wang Chen   +9 more
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Ongoing mpox outbreak in Kamituga, South Kivu province, associated with monkeypox virus of a novel Clade I sub-lineage, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Since the beginning of 2023, the number of people with suspected monkeypox virus (MPXV) infection have sharply increased in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). We report near-to-complete MPXV genome sequences derived from six cases from the South
Leandre Murhula Masirika, J. C. Udahemuka, L. Schuele, Pacifique Ndishimye, Saria Otani, Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi, Jean M Marekani, L. M. Mambo, Nadine Malyamungu Bubala, M. Boter, David F. Nieuwenhuijse, Trudie Lang, Ernest Balyahamwabo Kalalizi, J. Musabyimana, F. Aarestrup, M. Koopmans, B. O. Oude Munnink, Freddy Belesi Siangoli   +17 more
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Symptomatology, prognosis, and clinical findings of Monkeypox infected patients during COVID‐19 era: A systematic‐review

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, 2022
Background The recent outbreak of Human Monkeypox (MPXV) in nonendemic regions of the world is of great concern. Objective We aimed to systematically analyze the current epidemiology, clinical presentation, and outcomes of the Monkeypox virus.
Vikash Jaiswal, Priyanshu Nain, Dattatreya Mukherjee, Amey Joshi, Mittal Savaliya, Angela Ishak, Nitya Batra, Dipansha Maroo, Deepak Verma   +8 more
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A comprehensive review of monkeypox virus and mpox characteristics

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is the etiological agent of monkeypox (mpox), a zoonotic disease. MPXV is endemic in the forested regions of West and Central Africa, but the virus has recently spread globally, causing outbreaks in multiple non-endemic countries ...
Emmanuel Alakunle, Daniel Kolawole, Diana Diaz-Cánova, Faith Alele, O. Adegboye, U. Moens, M. I. Okeke   +6 more
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Exploration of Microbially Derived Natural Compounds against Monkeypox Virus as Viral Core Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors

Viruses, 2023
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus and the Poxviridae family, which instigated a rising epidemic called monkeypox disease.
Amitesh Dubey, M. Alawi, T. Alandijany, Isra M Alsaady, Sarah A Altwaim, A. Sahoo, V. Dwivedi, E. Azhar   +7 more
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