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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, Oyelola Adegboye, Ugo Moens, Malachy Ifeanyi Okeke   +6 more
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A multivalent mRNA monkeypox virus vaccine (BNT166) protects mice and macaques from orthopoxvirus disease.

Cell
In response to the 2022 outbreak of mpox driven by unprecedented human-to-human monkeypox virus (MPXV) transmission, we designed BNT166, aiming to create a highly immunogenic, safe, accessible, and scalable next-generation vaccine against MPXV and ...
Adam Zuiani, Charles L. Dulberger, Nilushi S De Silva, Meghan Marquette, Yu-Jung Lu, G. Palowitch, Anja Dokic, Ricardo Sanchez-Velazquez, Katja Schlatterer, Sanjay Sarkar, S. Kar, Bhavna Chawla, A. Galeev, Claudia Lindemann, Daniel A. Rothenberg, Huitian Diao, A. Walls, Theresa A. Addona, Federico J. Mensa, Annette B. Vogel, L. Stuart, R. G. van der Most, John R. Srouji, Ö. Türeci, Richard B. Gaynor, U. Şahin, A. Poran   +26 more
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A Systematic Review on Human Monkeypox Virus Disease and Infection in Pregnancy

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2023
The monkeypox virus (MPXV) has become a dangerous zoonosis. The fast spread of MPXV occurred in the last two years. The number of cases remarkably increased in 2022. The reasons behind the sudden increase in MPXV cases are multifactorial. Monkeypox (MPOX)
Srishti Morris, Poonam Joshi, Priyanka Soni, Vikas Jakhmola, Sahiba, Karabi Kalita, Nidhi Nainwal, Nitin Sharma   +7 more
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Human Monkeypox [PDF]

Iranian 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.
Payam Tabarsi
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Metagenomic Sequencing of Monkeypox Virus, Northern Mexico

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) has gained interest because of a multicountry outbreak of mpox (formerly monkeypox) cases with no epidemiologic link to MPXV-endemic regions.
Kame A. Galán-Huerta, Manuel Paz-Infanzon, Laura Nuzzolo-Shihadeh, Alí F. Ruiz-Higareda, Paola Bocanegra-Ibarias, Daniel Z. Villareal-Martínez, Fania Z. Muñoz-Garza, Maria D. Guerrero-Putz, Barbara Sáenz-Ibarra, Oralia Barboza-Quintana, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Ana M. Rivas-Estilla, Adrian Camacho-Ortiz   +12 more
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Recent Advances in Research and Management of Human Monkeypox Virus: An Emerging Global Health Threat

Viruses, 2023
In 2003, the United States saw an epidemic of monkeypox that was later traced back to rodents of West Africa infected with the monkeypox virus (MPXV).
Parveen Kumar, Benu Chaudhary, Nishant Yadav, Sushma Devi, Ashutosh Pareek, Sujatha Alla, Fnu Kajal, Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Madan Mohan Gupta   +9 more
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Laboratory Investigations of African Pouched Rats (Cricetomys gambianus) as a Potential Reservoir Host Species for Monkeypox Virus. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease endemic to central and western Africa, where it is a major public health concern. Although Monkeypox virus (MPXV) and monkeypox disease in humans have been well characterized, little is known about its natural history, or ...
Christina L Hutson, Yoshinori J Nakazawa, Joshua Self, Victoria A Olson, Russell L Regnery, Zachary Braden, Sonja Weiss, Jean Malekani, Eddie Jackson, Mallory Tate, Kevin L Karem, Tonie E Rocke, Jorge E Osorio, Inger K Damon, Darin S Carroll   +14 more
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Monkeypox Virus: Epidemiology, Virology, Diagnosis, Vaccine, and Therapeutics. [PDF]

MedComm (2020)
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research advances in MPXV, with a focused analysis across five core dimensions: epidemiology, virology, diagnosis, vaccine, and therapeutics. The primary objective of this review is to advance the understanding of MPXV and facilitate the development of more effective diagnostic methods ...
Yan Y, Sun Y, Sun G, Niu C, Zhao X, Zhao M, Liu T, Zhang S, Zhai H, Liu A, Yu S, Pan S, Zhong W, Zhang Y, Li S.   +14 more
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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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Preparedness for a monkeypox outbreak

Infectious Medicine, 2022
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the unexpected outbreak and worldwide spread of monkeypox has gained global attention. As of June 22, 2022, there were 3340 confirmed cases of monkeypox globally, which is the largest and most widespread ...
Qin Luo, Jun Han
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