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A narrative review of pox: smallpox vs monkeypox

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022
The famed variola (smallpox) virus and the monkeypox virus (MPXV) are closely related, and MPXV causes a milder form of febrile rash disease in people.
Samiksha Jayswal, Jagdish Kakadiya
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Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of a commercial molecular assay for the screening of suspected monkeypox cases in Sri Lanka

Infectious Medicine, 2023
Background: The main objective of the present study was to compare the diagnostic performance of the commercial LightMix Modular Monkeypox Virus (MPXV) qPCR (TIB Molbiol, Germany) assay with the in-house nonvariola orthopox/monkeypox generic real-time ...
H.B.C. Harshani, G.A. Liyanage, D.V.R.G. Ruwan, U.K.I.U. Samaraweera, J.I. Abeynayake   +4 more
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Mapping global zoonotic niche and interregional transmission risk of monkeypox: a retrospective observational study

Globalization and Health, 2023
Background Outbreaks of monkeypox have been ongoing in non-endemic countries since May 2022. A thorough assessment of its global zoonotic niche and potential transmission risk is lacking.
Yan-Qun Sun, Jin-Jin Chen, Mei-Chen Liu, Yuan-Yuan Zhang, Tao Wang, Tian-Le Che, Ting-Ting Li, Yan-Ning Liu, Ai-Ying Teng, Bing-Zheng Wu, Xue-Geng Hong, Qiang Xu, Chen-Long Lv, Bao-Gui Jiang, Wei Liu, Li-Qun Fang   +15 more
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Complete Genome Sequence of Monkeypox Virus Strain MPXV-ROK-P1-2022 Isolated from the First Monkeypox Patient in the Republic of Korea

Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2022
We report the complete genome sequence of the monkeypox virus strain MPXV-ROK-P1-2022, isolated from the first patient diagnosed with monkeypox in the Republic of Korea in June 2022. The virus was fully sequenced on the Illumina MiSeq instrument, and the phylogenetic tree showed that the strain belongs to lineage B.1.1.
Chi-Hwan Choi, Jin Sun No, Jin-Won Kim, Minji Lee, Hwachul Shin, Myung-Min Choi, Hwajung Yi, Gi-eun Rhie   +7 more
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Deciphering the complete human-monkeypox virus interactome: Identifying immune responses and potential drug targets

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a dsDNA virus, belonging to Poxviridae family. The outbreak of monkeypox disease in humans is critical in European and Western countries, owing to its origin in African regions.
Raghav Kataria, Simardeep Kaur, Simardeep Kaur, Simardeep Kaur, Rakesh Kaundal, Rakesh Kaundal, Rakesh Kaundal   +6 more
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Monkeypox virus quadrivalent mRNA vaccine induces immune response and protects against vaccinia virus

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023
Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization. There is an urgent need for efficient and safe vaccines against the monkeypox virus (MPXV) in response to the rapidly spreading monkeypox epidemic.
Ye Sang, Zhen Zhang, Fan Liu, Haitao Lu, Changxiao Yu, Huisheng Sun, Jinrong Long, Yiming Cao, Jierui Mai, Yiqi Miao, Xin Wang, Jiaxin Fang, Youchun Wang, Weijin Huang, Jing Yang, Shengqi Wang   +15 more
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Environmental Persistence of Monkeypox Virus on Surfaces in Household of Person with Travel-Associated Infection, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2021

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
In July 2021, we conducted environmental sampling at the residence of a person in Dallas, Texas, USA, who had travel-associated human West African monkeypox virus (MPXV-WA). Targeted environmental swab sampling was conducted 15 days after the person who
Clint N. Morgan, Florence Whitehill, Jeffrey B. Doty, Joann Schulte, Audrey Matheny, Joey Stringer, Lisa J. Delaney, Richard Esparza, Agam K. Rao, Andrea M. McCollum   +9 more
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Development of two multiplex real-time PCR assays for simultaneous detection and differentiation of monkeypox virus IIa, IIb, and I clades and the B.1 lineage

Biosafety and Health, 2022
An ongoing multi-country outbreak of monkeypox was reported in May 2022 with several deaths, affecting 107 countries of all six World Health Organization (WHO) regions.
Shuting Huo, Yuda Chen, Roujian Lu, Zhongxian Zhang, Gaoqian Zhang, Li Zhao, Yao Deng, Changcheng Wu, Wenjie Tan   +8 more
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Human Monkeypox: A Comprehensive Overview of Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention Strategies

Pathogens, 2023
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is an emerging zoonotic virus that belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus and presents clinical symptoms similar to those of smallpox, such as fever and vesicular–pustular skin lesions.
Diana Emilia Martínez-Fernández, David Fernández-Quezada, Fidel Antonio Guadalupe Casillas-Muñoz, Francisco Josué Carrillo-Ballesteros, Ana Maria Ortega-Prieto, Jose M. Jimenez-Guardeño, Jose Angel Regla-Nava   +6 more
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The land-scape of immune response to monkeypox virus

EBioMedicine, 2023
Summary: Human monkeypox is a viral zoonotic smallpox-like disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV) and has become the greatest public health threat in the genus Orthopoxvirus after smallpox was eradicated.
Heng Li, Qi-Zhao Huang, Hong Zhang, Zhen-Xing Liu, Xiao-Hui Chen, Li-Lin Ye, Yang Luo   +6 more
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