Monkeypox in 2022: A new threat in developing
Mansoor Ahmed, Haseena Naseer, Mateen Arshad, Afnan Ahmad
Abstract
Monkeypox that started spreading from central and western Africa has recently been detected in various countries including Spain, Canada, Australia, and UAE. Though it has a very low incidence rate, it is still a significant threat that must be dealt with as quickly as possible and the probability of it spreading to many other countries is still very high. It is caused the by Monkeypox virus that belongs to the genus Orthopox that also include smallpox virus, which has quite similar clinical presentation as that of Monkeypox. With fading immunity against Smallpox, it is important to counter this threat with newly developed vaccines.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxSmallpoxMedicineSmallpox vaccineVirologyVaccinationVacciniaBiologyBiochemistryRecombinant DNAGenePoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchRabies epidemiology and control