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Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
We report a case of monkeypox in a man who returned from Nigeria to Israel in 2018. Virus was detected in pustule swabs by transmission electron microscopy and PCR and confirmed by immunofluorescence assay, tissue culture, and ELISA.
Noam Erez, Hagit Achdout, Elad Milrot, Yuval Schwartz, Yonit Wiener-Well, Nir Paran, Boaz Politi, Hadas Tamir, Tomer Israely, Shay Weiss, Adi Beth-Din, Ohad Shifman, Ofir Israeli, Shmuel Yitzhaki, Shmuel C. Shapira, Sharon Melamed, Eli Schwartz   +16 more
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Outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Yersinia pestis in Afghanistan. [PDF]

, 2011
Plague, which is most often caused by the bite of Yersinia pestis-infected fleas, is a rapidly progressing, serious disease that can be fatal without prompt antibiotic treatment.
Ayazi, E, Baldwin, C, Hami, AS, Kakar, F, Kakar, R, Leslie, T, Mofleh, J, Mustafa, L, Noormal, B, Omar, F, Rossi, C, Whitehouse, CA, Yingst, S, Ziar, N   +13 more
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Serological Evidence of Multiple Zoonotic Viral Infections among Wild Rodents in Barbados

Pathogens, 2021
Background: Rodents are reservoirs for several zoonotic pathogens that can cause human infectious diseases, including orthohantaviruses, mammarenaviruses and orthopoxviruses.
Kirk Osmond Douglas, Claire Cayol, Kristian Michael Forbes, Thelma Alafia Samuels, Olli Vapalahti, Tarja Sironen, Marquita Gittens-St. Hilaire   +6 more
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Emergence of Monkeypox as the Most Important Orthopoxvirus Infection in Humans

Frontiers in Public Health, 2018
Monkeypox is an emerging zoonotic disease recognized as the most important orthopoxvirus infection in humans in the smallpox post-eradication era. The clinical presentation of monkeypox is similar to the one of smallpox.
Nikola Sklenovská, M. Van Ranst
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genomic Sequencing and Analysis of a Novel Human Cowpox Virus With Mosaic Sequences From North America and Old World Orthopoxvirus

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Orthopoxviruses (OPXVs) not only infect their natural hosts, but some OPXVs can also cause disease in humans. Previously, we partially characterized an OPXV isolated from an 18-year-old male living in Northern Norway.
Diana Diaz-Cánova, U. Moens, A. Brinkmann, A. Nitsche, M. I. Okeke   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Monkeypox: A Mini-Review on the Globally Emerging Orthopoxvirus

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Monkeypox is a zoonotic infectious disease belonging to the orthopoxvirus family that has predominantly occurred in West and Central Africa since it was initially discovered in 1958.
Amy Evans, Bara’ Abdallah AlShurman, Hibah Sehar, Z. Butt   +3 more
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A Glance at the Development and Patent Literature of Tecovirimat: The First-in-Class Therapy for Emerging Monkeypox Outbreak

Viruses, 2022
Monkeypox disease (MPX) is currently considered a global threat after COVID-19. European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved Tecovirimat in capsule dosage form (200 mg) as the first treatment for MPX in January 2022.
Mazen Almehmadi, Mamdouh Allahyani, Ahad Amer Alsaiari, Mohammed Kanan Alshammari, Abrar Saleh Alharbi, Khansa Hamza Hussain, Lojain Ibrahim Alsubaihi, Mehnaz Kamal, Shahad Saleh Alotaibi, Atheer Nasser Alotaibi, Afeefah Awaid Aldhafeeri, Mohd Imran   +11 more
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Serological Evidence of Orthopoxvirus Infection in Neotropical Primates in Brazil

Pathogens, 2022
The genus Orthopoxvirus (OPXV) of the family Poxviridae comprises several viruses that are capable of infecting a wide range of hosts. One of the most widespread OPXVs is the Vaccinia virus (VACV), which circulates in zoonotic cycles in South America ...
Filipe V. S. Abreu, Kamila Lorene Soares Rocha, Ramon Silva-Oliveira, Mariana Viana Macedo, Thamires Gabriele Macedo Silva, M. E. Gonçalves-Dos-Santos, C. H. de Oliveira, Sandy M. Aquino-Teixeira, V. O. Ottone, Alex Junio Jardim da Silva, Ronaldo Medeiros dos Santos, A. Tátila-Ferreira, M. Almeida, Edmilson dos Santos, Jáder da Cruz Cardoso, A. Campos, G. R. Albuquerque, Anaiá da Paixão Sevá, B.M. Ribeiro, Danilo Simonini Teixeira, F. Campos, A. C. Franco, P. Roehe, G. de Souza Trindade, D. Bretas de Oliveira   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rapid and high-throughput pan-Orthopoxvirus detection and identification using PCR and mass spectrometry. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
The genus Orthopoxvirus contains several species of related viruses, including the causative agent of smallpox (Variola virus). In addition to smallpox, several other members of the genus are capable of causing human infection, including monkeypox ...
Mark W Eshoo, Chris A Whitehouse, Aysegul Nalca, Scott Zoll, Joseph A Ecker, Thomas A Hall, Thuy-Trang D Pennella, David D Duncan, Anjali Desai, Emily K Moradi, Karl Rudnick, Brian Libby, Raymond Ranken, Rangarajan Sampath, Steven A Hofstadler, David J Ecker, Lawrence B Blyn   +16 more
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Multivalent mpox protein nanoparticle vaccines confer cross-protection against orthopoxvirus infection. [PDF]

PLoS Pathog
Zhang L, Liu C, Yang C, Xiao X, Xu S, Wan S, Xu K, Li Y, Dai L.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources