Monkeypox (mpox) virus: Classification, origin, transmission, genome organization, antiviral drugs, and molecular diagnosis

• Main Authors: Aysel Karagoz (Author), Huseyin Tombuloglu (Author), Moneerah Alsaeed (Author), Guzin Tombuloglu (Author), Abdullah A. AlRubaish (Author), Amal Mahmoud (Author), Samira Smajlović (Author), Sabahudin Ćordić (Author), Ali A. Rabaan (Author), Ebtesam Alsuhaimi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the Poxviridae family of the genus Orthopoxvirus with two different clades known as West African and Congo Basin. Monkeypox (MPX) is a zoonosis that arises from the MPXV and causes a smallpox-like disease. The endemic disease status...