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

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 16; no. 2; p. e0010141
• Main Authors: Bunge, Eveline M., Hoet, Bernard, Chen, Liddy, Lienert, Florian, Weidenthaler, Heinz, Baer, Lorraine R., Steffen, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.02.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Age; Biology and Life Sciences; Causes of; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Cross-protection; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Development and progression; Disease transmission; Diseases; Distribution; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Female; Grey literature; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Human monkeypox; Humans; Immunization; Male; Medical Subject Headings-MeSH; Medicine and Health Sciences; Monkeypox; Monkeypox virus - genetics; Monkeypox virus - physiology; Mpox; Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology; Mpox (monkeypox) - history; Mpox (monkeypox) - mortality; Mpox (monkeypox) - virology; Orthopoxvirus; Outbreaks; People and Places; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk taking; Smallpox; Systematic review; Transmission; Travel-Related Illness; Tropical diseases; Vaccination; Vaccines; Viral infections; Young Adult; Young adults; Zoonoses; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Africa; Liberia; Gabon; Cameroon; United Kingdom > UK; South Sudan; United States > US; Sudan; Sierra Leone; Nigeria

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...