Prevention and Treatment of Monkeypox: A Step-by-Step Guide for Healthcare Professionals and General Population.
Cureus
; 14(8): e28230, 2022 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2025417
ABSTRACT
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared the monkeypox virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). As the cases of the COVID-19 pandemic start to get under control, we have seen the monkeypox virus, found predominantly in Africa, spread in non-endemic countries worldwide. In the 1970s, after the smallpox virus eradication and the vaccine's discontinuation, the monkeypox virus infection started to gain attention. The first United States outbreak happened in 2003; since then, more sporadic cases of monkeypox have gained media attention. With cases spreading worldwide, without epidemiological links with outbreaks among men who have sex with men (MSM), it warrants urgent public health control measures to contain the spread of the monkeypox virus and investigate the underlying pathophysiology, including genetic modification of the virus. This review highlights the epidemiology, transmission, pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, prevention, and management of the current human monkeypox virus infection.
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Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Cureus
Year:
2022
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Article
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Cureus.28230
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