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Monkeypox virus: A zoonosis of concern. 2023

Ashraf Mahmoud, and Goodluck Nchasi

Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

An outbreak of Monkeypox detected in nonendemic regions outside Africa has received much attention around the globe. In this letter, we highlight epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and recommendations to mitigate the spread of monkeypox.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008993	Monkeypox virus	A species of ORTHOPOXVIRUS that is the etiological agent of MPOX (MONKEYPOX).	MPXV Virus,Mpox Virus,Monkey Pox Virus,Monkeypoxvirus,MPXV Viruses,Monkey Pox Viruses,Monkeypox viruses,Monkeypoxviruses,Mpox Viruses,Virus, MPXV,Virus, Mpox,Viruses, MPXV,Viruses, Mpox
D004196	Disease Outbreaks	Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.	Outbreaks,Infectious Disease Outbreaks,Disease Outbreak,Disease Outbreak, Infectious,Disease Outbreaks, Infectious,Infectious Disease Outbreak,Outbreak, Disease,Outbreak, Infectious Disease,Outbreaks, Disease,Outbreaks, Infectious Disease
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000349	Africa	The continent south of EUROPE, east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN and west of the INDIAN OCEAN.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D015047	Zoonoses	Diseases of non-human animals that may be transmitted to HUMANS or may be transmitted from humans to non-human animals.	Zoonotic Spillover,Zoonotic Diseases,Zoonotic Infections,Zoonotic Infectious Diseases,Disease, Zoonotic,Disease, Zoonotic Infectious,Diseases, Zoonotic,Diseases, Zoonotic Infectious,Infection, Zoonotic,Infections, Zoonotic,Infectious Disease, Zoonotic,Infectious Diseases, Zoonotic,Spillovers, Zoonotic,Zoonotic Disease,Zoonotic Infection,Zoonotic Infectious Disease,Zoonotic Spillovers
D045908	Mpox (monkeypox)	A viral disease infecting PRIMATES and RODENTS. Its clinical presentation in humans is similar to SMALLPOX including FEVER; HEADACHE; COUGH; and a painful RASH. It is caused by MONKEYPOX VIRUS and is usually transmitted to humans through BITES or via contact with an animal's BLOOD. Interhuman transmission is relatively low (significantly less than smallpox).	Monkeypox,Monkey Pox,Mpoxs (monkeypox)