Monkeypox: A potential global threat?
Monkeypox: A potential global threat?
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DOI:
10.1002/jmv.27884
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发表时间:
2022-09
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
Yang, Zhilong
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作者:
Yang, Zhilong
Monkeypox, a largely neglected disease endemic in Western and Central Africa, has recently attracted global attention due to over 100 confirmed and suspected cases (by May 21, 2022) in more than ten countries in Europe, North America, and Australia. The number is expected to continue to increase. There have been some monkeypox cases outside of Western and Central Africa in the past years, eg, an outbreak with 71 confirmed and suspected cases in the United States of America caused by imported animals from Ghana [1], and multiple sporadic cases associated with travels in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Singapore, and Israel [2–6]. While it is not a surprise to see increasing monkeypox cases over time to those who have been closely watching the situation, the current outbreak is still very unusual based on the current information from health authorities and news outlets, mainly for two reasons. First, most of the patients did not travel to the endemic area in Africa., suggesting under-detected community transmission. Second, it occurs in multiple countries during the same time period, suggesting multiple possible sources of introduction. While some hypotheses have been raised to explain the usual current outbreak of monkeypox, more thorough investigations are needed to answer many outstanding questions associated with this outbreak. This outbreak reinforces that monkeypox has the potential to grow as a global threat. However, monkeypox has not been paid enough attention in the past, although it has emerged to be a smallpox-like (but milder) disease in humans since the 1970s.The causative pathogen of monkeypox is monkeypox virus (MPXV), a member of the family Poxviridae that includes dozens of different viruses infecting humans and animals, causing a wide range of diseases. MPXV is a close relative of variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox that had killed 300 million people in the 20th century alone [7]. MPXV has a large double-stranded DNA genome of~ 200kb [8]. Primates are not the natural hosts of MPXV and the virus was named because it was first isolated from laboratory monkeys in 1958 [9]. Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease, with the first human case reported in 1970 [10]. There are two known MPXV genetic clades–the Central African (Congo Basin, CB) clade and the West African (WA) clade [11]. The MPXV (CB) clade is more virulent than the MPXV (WA). The range of case fatality rates of monkeypox had been from 1 to 11%[12]. The disease is usually more severe in young children [13]. MPXV transmission
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1005769107
发表时间:
2010-09-14
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
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期刊:
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