ArticleMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report2018
Emergence of Monkeypox - West and Central Africa, 1970-2017.
Article in MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 278 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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278 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 526 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Global epidemiology, viral evolution, and public health responses: a systematic review on Mpox (1958-2024).Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Risk factors associated with human Mpox infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Paediatric, maternal, and congenital mpox: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Pooled it
- How can imported monkeypox break the borders? A rapid systematic review.Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases · 2023Pooled it
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- Equivalence of freeze-dried and liquid-frozen formulations of MVA-BN as smallpox and mpox vaccine.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Trial
- One- and Two-Dose Vaccinations With Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic Induce Durable B-Cell Memory Responses Comparable to Replicating Smallpox Vaccines.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2023Trial
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- Seminal fluid enhances monkeypox virus infection via amyloidogenic fibrils.Emerging microbes & infections · 2026Article
- Targeting β2-Adrenergic Receptor Stability With Lycorine Reveals a Host-Directed Pathway for Antiviral Defense Against Poxviruses.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Nano-Silver-Selenium Liquid Dressing Facilitates Treatment of Monkeypox and Prevention of Viral Transmission in a Surrogate Mouse Model.Exploration (Beijing, China) · 2026Article
- A deep learning approach for solving a fractional order Monkeypox transmission model using a harmonic neural network optimized with SGDM.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Emergence of human monkeypox virus Clade Ib in Madagascar: first genomic evidence of introduction and local transmission.Virology journal · 2026Article
- Knowledge and attitudes toward mpox among the Lebanese population during the second wave and their attitudes toward vaccination.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Monkeypox (Mpox), a Resurging Global Public Health Concern: An Updated Outlook Through 2025.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Review
- Dynamics of Mpox epidemics by the interplay of COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- The 2024 Mpox surveillance in Senegal uncovers a large circulation of Chickenpox.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Cell death modulation dictates tissue-specific tropism of lumpy skin disease virus.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- The emergence of Clade IIb and Ib mpox viruses: a state-of-the-art review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Review
218 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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- Erratum issued
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10 authors.
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Abstract
The recent apparent increase in human monkeypox cases across a wide geographic area, the potential for further spread, and the lack of reliable surveillance have raised the level of concern for this emerging zoonosis. In November 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with CDC, hosted an informal consultation on monkeypox with researchers, global health partners, ministries of health, and orthopoxvirus experts to review and discuss human monkeypox in African countries where cases have been recently detected and also identify components of surveillance and response that need improvement. Endemic human monkeypox has been reported from more countries in the past decade than during the previous 40 years. Since 2016, confirmed cases of monkeypox have occurred in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone and in captive chimpanzees in Cameroon. Many countries with endemic monkeypox lack recent experience and specific knowledge about the disease to detect cases, treat patients, and prevent further spread of the virus. Specific improvements in surveillance capacity, laboratory diagnostics, and infection control measures are needed to launch an efficient response. Further, gaps in knowledge about the epidemiology and ecology of the virus need to be addressed to design, recommend, and implement needed prevention and control measures.
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