Mpox is a disease resulting from infection with the mpox virus. It was previously known as monkeypox, but the World Health Organization(WHO) changed its nameafter an outbreak in 2022 that spread to Europe, Canada and the United States. Characterized by a distinctive rash, this viral infection...
Canada, France, Germany, Spain, and the U.S. have promised to donate mpox vaccines from their own stores to African nations which are currently battling an outbreak of the disease. The World Health Organization declared the current mpox outbreak a global public health emergency in August. The...
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Other animals like the rope squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) and the sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) may transmit the virus to humans in Africa. In 2017, an outbreak of monkeypox began in Nigeria. This large outbreak is thought to be triggered by river flooding that has caused ...
Elsevier has created this Mpox Information Center in response to the declared public health emergency of international concern, with free information in English on the mpox virus. It is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company’s public news and information website. ...
Smallpox eradication meant there was no longer routine vaccination to prevent this disease. However, the threat of the use of this virus as abiological weapon, or alternatively an unforeseen outbreak of disease, resulted in many countries stockpiling vaccines. For example, theStrategic National Stock...
Halkitis isn’t concerned that changing the virus’ name mid-outbreak will sow confusion, but he did acknowledge that coming up with something new won’t be easy. In a recent seminar at Rutgers, he referred to the disease as “MPX,” an alternative he called “absolutely not id...
Alejandro Dungla is a food writer in Mexico City. He has a degree in gastronomy and writes about different social aspects of Mexican cuisine. He also lived through weeks of mpox. As the virus wanes in other parts of the world, I wanted to share Alex’s story in hopes that people will...
Further studies should focus on these aspects to better understand the disease in women and empower epidemiologists and clinicians to make evidence-based decisions for this vulnerable group.#Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is an infection caused by the monkeypox virus. While it is known to ...
Outbreak of mpox caused by Monkeypox virus clade I in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - "Despite this increase in cases, the overall risk from this outbreak in the DRC for the general population in the EU/EEA and for MSM with multiple sexual partners in the EU/EEA remains low." ...