Waking up to monkeypox
Emmanuel Nakouné, Piero Olliaro
Abstract
In the past couple of weeks, the world has discovered monkeypox, an otherwise neglected infection caused by an orthopoxvirus related to the now eradicated smallpox.Monkeypox has been causing regular outbreaks in poorer, neglected communities in Central and West Africa, possibly with increasing frequency and geographic extent.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxVirologyMedicineBiologyVacciniaGeneticsGeneRecombinant DNAPoxvirus research and outbreaksZoonotic diseases and public healthViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology