Another Epidemic in the Shadow of Covid 19 Pandemic: A Review of Monkeypox
Ramazan Azim Okyay, Edip Bayrak, Erhan Kaya, Ahmet Rıza Şahin, Burhan Fatih Koçyiğit, Ali Muhittin Taşdoğan, Akkan Avcı, Hilmi Erdem Sümbül
Abstract
While humanity has not been able to end the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, newly reported cases of monkeypox have caused unease. The current review sheds light on the transmission routes, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, treatment, and prevention of the disease in this early stage of the ongoing monkeypox epidemic.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxPandemicOutbreakCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)SmallpoxVirologyOrthopoxvirusShadow (psychology)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Transmission (telecommunications)MedicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)VaccinationBiologyVacciniaComputer sciencePsychologyPathologyPsychotherapistGeneBiochemistryTelecommunicationsRecombinant DNAPoxvirus research and outbreaksZoonotic diseases and public health