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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2022

Monkeypox has devastated the world; should we prepare for the outbreak of a new pandemic?

Malik Ali Ehtsham Awan, Maria Waseem, Areesh Fatima Sahito, Abdul Moiz Sahito, Govinda Khatri, Masood Ahmed Butt, Sarker Ramproshad, Banani Mondal, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Monkeypox: Is it the new pandemic?Health science reports · 2023
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  4. Review
  5. Human Monkeypox-A Global Public Health Emergency.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  9. Combating Stigma in the Era of Monkeypox-Is History Repeating Itself?The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Malik Ali Ehtsham AwanDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Maria WaseemDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Areesh Fatima SahitoPeoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Pakistan.
Abdul Moiz SahitoDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Govinda KhatriDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Masood Ahmed ButtPir Abdul Qadir Shah Jeelani Institute of Medical Sciences, Gambat, Pakistan.
Sarker RamproshadDepartment of Pharmacy, Ranada Prasad Shaha University, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.
Banani MondalDepartment of Pharmacy, Ranada Prasad Shaha University, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.
Mohammad Mehedi HasanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The monkeypox virus, which belongs to the orthopoxy virus family, causes fever, lethargy, headache, lymphadenopathy, myalgia, and rash, as well as various complications such as superimposed infections, sepsis, keratitis, encephalitis, and bronchopneumonia. Following replication at the site of injection, the virus often enters by the oropharynx, nasopharynx, or intradermal pathway, spreading to lymph nodes before viremia, promoting viral dissemination to other organ systems. Monkeypox cases have recently been brought to WHO's notice from 12 presently non-endemic member nations spread over three WHO regions, with 92 laboratory-confirmed cases and 28 cases of suspicion as of May 21, 2022. Monkeypox is presently endemic in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan. Monkeypox cases have been detected all across the world, posing a challenge to healthcare infrastructure that is still recovering from the COVID-19 outbreak. Close monitoring and exact data collecting, the implementation of successful programs across the world, and public support of preventative measures are some of the strategies being used to cope with the increasing incidence of monkeypox.

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COVID-19Healthcare systemMonkeypoxOutbreakPrevention

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PMID35860122
PMCPMC9289421

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