EC Microbiology

The infection with monkeypox virus was first identified in the year 1958 in two monkeys kept for research at the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen. The first human case of monkeypox was emerged in the year 1970 as endemic occurred in Central and West African countries. Later and after over 40 from the first endemic, monkeypox is being identified as epidemic in Europe and in the United States of America in the current year 2022 [1].

Keywords: Monkeypox Virus Infection; Symptoms; Treatment

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2. Yan Xiang and Addison White. “Monkeypox virus emerges from the shadow of its more infamous cousin: family biology matters”. Emerging Microbes and Infections1 (2022): 1768-1777.
3. John P Thornhill., et al. “Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries”. The New England Journal of Medicine 387 (2022): 679-691.
4. Eskild Petersen., et al. “Human Monkeypox: Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Prevention”. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 4 (2019): 1027-1043.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Test Procedure: Monkeypox virus Generic Real-Time PCR Test. Poxvirus and Rabies Branch (PRB) (2022).