mpox

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1. uncountablemedicineA viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.

   Ebola reared its ugly head anew, including recently in Uganda. Mpox spread in strange new ways. Measles and other vaccine-preventable illnesses are making a comeback.

   2022 December 27, André Picard, “What did we learn from a year of outbreaks? Our response to viruses shows we aren’t using our mitigation tools effectively enough”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, page A11

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   Due to the rapid increase in global Mpox cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on July 23, 2022.

   2023 June 19, Michael Curtis, Shahin Davoudpour, Anthony Rodriguez-Ortiz, Dylan Felt, Audrey French, “Predictors of Mpox vaccine uptake among sexual and gender minority young adults living in Illinois: Unvaccinated vs. double vs. single dose vaccine recipients”, in Vaccine, volume 41, number 27, →DOI

   The current outbreak of mpox showed a different clinical presentation from classic mpox, with localisation of the lesions predominantly in the anal and genital area and transmission mainly related to high-risk sexual contact.

   2024 February, Carmela Pinnetti, Eleonora Cimini, Valentina Mazzotta, Giulia Matusali, Alessandra Vergori, Annalisa Mondi, “Mpox as AIDS-defining event with a severe and protracted course: clinical, immunological, and virological implications”, in The Lancet infectious diseases, volume 24, number 2, published 28 September 2023, →DOI

   The W.H.O.’s decision this time was prompted by an escalating crisis of mpox concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It recently spread to a dozen other African countries. If it is not contained, the virus again may rampage all over the world, experts warned.

   2024 August 15, Apoorva Mandavilli, “How Did Mpox Become a Global Emergency? What’s Next?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: monkeypox

1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of mpox.

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of mpox.

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of mpox.