![]() ![]() Human monkeypox: Disease pattern, incidence and attack rates in a rural area of northern Zaire. A human infection caused by monkeypox virus in Basankusu Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Outbreaks of human monkeypox after cessation of smallpox vaccination. Independent evolution of monkeypox and variola viruses. Smallpox and monkeypox in non-human primates. Status of human monkeypox: Clinical disease, epidemiology and research. ![]() A pox-like disease in cynomolgus monkeys. Abbreviations CDCĬenters for Disease Control and Prevention The authors report no conflict of interest related to this study. Information campaigns and assistance to high-risk classes in non-endemic countries are important priorities, however, assuming that specific treatments for this disease are still tentative. Particular attention should be paid to avoid the spread from endemic countries, also implementing the economic investments in their public health system. Prevention through vaccination and early diagnosis are the core to breaking the chain of diffusion of this epidemic. Now, after months of careful observation, the western scientific research is drawing conclusion that African endemic countries represent a reserve pool able to feed, through travelers and sexual networks, the outbreak in non-endemic countries in which high-risk communities such as gay and bisexual men are the most affected. Thus, the World Health Organization, worried about the growing dimension of the problem, declared monkeypox a global public health emergency. Monkeypox, endemic in some central and west African countries, in tropical areas near equator, rose to the headlines following its recent outbreak in non-endemic countries of Europe and the USA. ![]() Monkeypox, a viral zoonosis caused by an Orthopoxvirus, is clinically characterized by fever, headache, lymphadenopathy, myalgia, rash and burdened by some complications that can be severe and life threatening. ![]()
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