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Status of human monkeypox: clinical disease, epidemiology and research.
Vaccine. 2011 Dec 30; 29 Suppl 4:D54-9.V

Abstract

Monkeypox, a vesiculo-pustular rash illness, was initially discovered to cause human infection in 1970 through the World Health Organization (WHO)-sponsored efforts of the Commission to Certify Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa and the Congo Basin. The virus had been discovered to cause a nonhuman primate rash illness in 1958, and was thus named monkeypox. The causative agents of monkeypox and smallpox diseases both are species of Orthopoxvirus. Orthopoxvirus monkeypox, when it infects humans as an epizootic, produces a similar clinical picture to that of ordinary human smallpox. Since 1970, extensive epidemiology, virology, ecology and public health research has enabled better characterization of monkeypox virus and the associated human disease. This work reviews the progress in this body of research, and reviews studies of this "newly" emerging zoonotic disease.

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Damon IK
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, Office of Infectious Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. idamon@cdc.gov

MeSH

AfricaAnimalsHistory, 20th CenturyHumansMonkeypoxMonkeypox virusPrimate Diseases

Pub Type(s)

Historical Article
Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22185831

Citation

Damon, Inger K.. "Status of Human Monkeypox: Clinical Disease, Epidemiology and Research." Vaccine, vol. 29 Suppl 4, 2011, pp. D54-9.
Damon IK. Status of human monkeypox: clinical disease, epidemiology and research. Vaccine. 2011;29 Suppl 4:D54-9.
Damon, I. K. (2011). Status of human monkeypox: clinical disease, epidemiology and research. Vaccine, 29 Suppl 4, D54-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.04.014
Damon IK. Status of Human Monkeypox: Clinical Disease, Epidemiology and Research. Vaccine. 2011 Dec 30;29 Suppl 4:D54-9. PubMed PMID: 22185831.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Status of human monkeypox: clinical disease, epidemiology and research. A1 - Damon,Inger K, Y1 - 2011/12/18/ PY - 2010/12/20/received PY - 2011/03/17/revised PY - 2011/04/04/accepted PY - 2011/12/22/entrez PY - 2011/12/22/pubmed PY - 2012/8/4/medline SP - D54 EP - 9 JF - Vaccine JO - Vaccine VL - 29 Suppl 4 N2 - Monkeypox, a vesiculo-pustular rash illness, was initially discovered to cause human infection in 1970 through the World Health Organization (WHO)-sponsored efforts of the Commission to Certify Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa and the Congo Basin. The virus had been discovered to cause a nonhuman primate rash illness in 1958, and was thus named monkeypox. The causative agents of monkeypox and smallpox diseases both are species of Orthopoxvirus. Orthopoxvirus monkeypox, when it infects humans as an epizootic, produces a similar clinical picture to that of ordinary human smallpox. Since 1970, extensive epidemiology, virology, ecology and public health research has enabled better characterization of monkeypox virus and the associated human disease. This work reviews the progress in this body of research, and reviews studies of this "newly" emerging zoonotic disease. SN - 1873-2518 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/22185831/Status_of_human_monkeypox:_clinical_disease_epidemiology_and_research_ L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0264-410X(11)00524-X DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -