Monkeypox: An Emerging Disease.
endemic
lymphadenopathy
pcr
self-limiting
smallpox
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
Historique:
received:
31
08
2022
accepted:
21
09
2022
entrez:
28
10
2022
pubmed:
29
10
2022
medline:
29
10
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Until the month of April 2022, cases of monkeypox virus infection in humans were hardly documented outside of the endemic African regions. There are cases now throughout the world. Infected exotic pets have taken the monkeypox virus out of Africa. Following the universal eradication of smallpox in the 1970s, occurrences of monkeypox have attracted attention on a global scale. The western hemisphere and European nations are seeing the majority of the monkeypox infections linked to the 2022 epidemic. Numerous groups are working on contact-tracing initiatives, but it is still unclear what started this outbreak. The precise cause of monkeypox is uncertain, as the virus's origins have been linked to a number of rodents and small animals. Testing for monkeypox DNA from a patient using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or viral culture isolation material can both be used to confirm monkeypox infection. Monkeypox is from the family: Poxviridae, subfamily: chordopoxvirinae, genus: orthopoxvirus and species: Monkeypox virus. The DNA virus monkeypox virus (MPXV), which causes the zoonotic illness MPX, or monkeypox, is divided into two genetic clades: The Congo Basin (CB) and the west Africa (WA) clades. Monkeypox's true impact on public health is uncertain.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36304368
doi: 10.7759/cureus.29393
pmc: PMC9585651
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
e29393Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, Sharma et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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