The changing epidemiology of human monkeypox-A potential threat? A systematic review.

• Main Authors: Eveline M Bunge (Author), Bernard Hoet (Author), Liddy Chen (Author), Florian Lienert (Author), Heinz Weidenthaler (Author), Lorraine R Baer (Author), Robert Steffen (Author)
• 格式: 圖書
• 出版: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Monkeypox, a zoonotic disease caused by an orthopoxvirus, results in a smallpox-like disease in humans. Since monkeypox in humans was initially diagnosed in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), it has spread to other regions of Africa (primarily West and Central), and cases outside Af...