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Monkeypox: What do we know about the outbreaks in Europe and North America?

Elisabeth Mahase

2022BMJ127 citationsDOI

Abstract

Monkeypox, a virus first discovered in monkeys in 1958 and that spread to humans in 1970, is now being seen in small but rising numbers in Western Europe and North America. <b>Elisabeth Mahas</b>e summarises what we know so far

Topics & Concepts

MonkeypoxOutbreakGeographyEthnologyVirologyHistoryBiologyBiochemistryVacciniaRecombinant DNAGenePoxvirus research and outbreaksZoonotic diseases and public health