Adding New Fuel to the Fire: Monkeypox in the Time of COVID-19—Implications for Health Care Personnel
Tara N. Palmore, David K. Henderson
Abstract
Monkeypox virus is reemerging, with cases reported on every inhabited continent at a time when clinical and public health resources have been stretched to the limit by COVID-19. As the monkeypox outbreak grows, health care workers must understand the threat and be prepared to address an infectious disease risk that may herald yet another unprecedented epidemic.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxSmallpoxOrthopoxvirusPoxviridaeVirologyMedicineCowpoxVacciniaOutbreakSmallpox vaccineInfectious disease (medical specialty)VaccinationDiseaseBiologyPathologyGeneBiochemistryRecombinant DNAPoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments