Monkeypox outbreaks outside endemic regions

Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries

Since 13 May 2022, cases of monkeypox have been reported to WHO from 12 Member States that are not endemic for monkeypox virus, across three WHO regions.

Monkeypox outbreaks outside endemic regions: scientific and social ...

The unprecedented manifold increase in monkeypox cases seen in the past 3 weeks outside Africa yet again highlights that developing effective capacity at source ...

Monkeypox 2022 outbreak in non-endemic countries

Starting from mid-May 2022, cases of human monkeypox started to rise in several non-endemic countries. By mid-July, more than 17000 confirmed/suspect cases have ...

Monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries - PubMed Central

The World Health Organization (WHO) in July 2022 declared this outbreak of Monkeypox involving many countries simultaneously as a public health emergency of ...

Factsheet for health professionals on mpox

The disease is endemic in some regions of Central and West Africa. The first outbreak of mpox reported outside of Africa [3,4] was linked to an importation of ...

Multi-country monkeypox outbreak: situation update

Monkeypox endemic countries are: Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana (identified in ...

Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries

Before April 2022, monkeypox virus infection in humans was seldom reported outside African regions where it is endemic.

Human monkeypox expansion from the endemic to non-endemic ...

The recent monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries is a rare event. It is a zoonosis with clinical features similar to smallpox, transmitting from animal ...

Monkeypox outbreaks outside endemic regions: scientific and social ...

for more proactive action go unheeded. This is aptly shown by the unprecedented and unexpected outbreaks of human monkeypox cases and clusters since May 7, 2022 ...

Monkeypox Outbreak — Nine States, May 2022 | MMWR - CDC

Monkeypox, a rare disease caused by infection with Monkeypox virus, is endemic in several Central and West African countries. Cases in persons ...

View of An unprecedented global resurgence of monkeypox

Travel-related: Outbreaks in non-endemic areas have occasionally appeared, primarily due to imported cases. On May 18, 2022, the Massachusetts Department of ...

Monkeypox: A Contemporary Review for Healthcare Professionals

The ongoing 2022 multicountry outbreak of monkeypox is the largest in history to occur outside of Africa. Monkeypox is an emerging zoonotic disease that for ...

Review The recent re-emergence of human monkeypox

Monkeypox virus infection in humans is endemic only in the west and central Africa. Previous cases of monkeypox virus outside of African countries were always ...

Monkeypox: considerations for the understanding and containment ...

... outside Africa has occasionally resulted in MPV outbreaks. Cases of ... Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries. 2022 ...

What you need to know about monkeypox

Regions outside of Africa are non-endemic areas with fewer monkeypox outbreaks and limited local transmission. In 2003, monkeypox occurred ...

Monkeypox outbreaks associated with human-to ... - ScienceDaily

Historically, monkeypox was mostly confined to endemic areas in Western and Central Africa and was mostly transmitted through contact with ...

Emergence of Monkeypox — West and Central Africa, 1970–2017

Nigeria is currently experiencing the largest documented outbreak of human monkeypox in West Africa. During the past decade, more human ...

Monkeypox: How it spreads, who's at risk - here's what you need to ...

Monkeypox is not a new disease, and in some African countries it is endemic. However, the international outbreak which began in May 2022, ...

Monkeypox outbreaks outside endemic regions: scientific and social ...

This is aptly shown by the unprecedented and unexpected outbreaks of human monkeypox cases and clusters since May 7, 2022, across Europe, the Americas, and ...

Monkeypox outbreaks outside endemic regions: scientific and social ...

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