Monkeypox: Is it the new pandemic?
<p dir="ltr">Since the start of the monkeypox (MPX) outbreak and as of September 1, 2022, at least 18,463 confirmed cases of MPX have been reported worldwide. The WHO Director-General declared MPX as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on July 23, 2022. Some sc...
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| الملخص: | <p dir="ltr">Since the start of the monkeypox (MPX) outbreak and as of September 1, 2022, at least 18,463 confirmed cases of MPX have been reported worldwide. The WHO Director-General declared MPX as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on July 23, 2022. Some scientists have commented that the surge in cases was an outbreak that was bound to happen after the end of vaccination against smallpox globally around 40 years ago.<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hsr2.963#hsr2963-bib-0002" target="_blank">2</a> The head of the smallpox team, a part of the WHO Emergencies Programme, said that what is unusual about this current outbreak is that the countries usually spared from MPX are now reporting outbreaks of the virus.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Health Science Reports<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.963" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.963</a></p> |
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