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Identifying the Most Probable Mammal Reservoir Hosts for Monkeypox Virus Based on Ecological Niche Comparisons.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Serological Survey in African Nonhuman Primate Species in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Reveals Low Overall Seroprevalence to Mpox Virus.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Article
- No evidence of zoonotic viruses in selected captive and wild-caught grasscutters (Thryonomys swinderianus) in the ashanti region of ghana: a cross-sectional study.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
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- The Emerging Threat of Monkeypox: An Updated Overview.Viruses · 2026Review
- Serological evidence uncovers undocumented mpox exposure in febrile patients in Nigeria.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- From skin lesions to multi-organ involvement: Organ tropism and pathogenesis of mpox virus.iScience · 2025Review
- Squirrel reservoirs of monkeypox virus are sister species separated by the Sanaga River (Cameroon), as are the two main viral clades.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Pathogenicity and contact transmissibility of clade IIb MPXV in African dormice.Emerging microbes & infections · 2025Article
- Mpox due to monkeypox virus clade Ia infection detected outside of Africa: a case study.Communications medicine · 2025Article
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- Mpox-Related Stigma Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Comparative analysis of Mpox clades: epidemiology, transmission dynamics, and detection strategies.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Emergence of Clade Ib Monkeypox Virus-Current State of Evidence.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Review
- On the importance of communication, advocacy, and information accuracy in destigmatizing mpox disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Weak compliance with Nigeria's wildlife trade ban imposed to curb mpox spillovers.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- A look back at the Virology Departmental Days of the Institut Pasteur (Le Touquet, May 13-15, 2024).Journal of molecular cell biology · 2025Article
- Emergence and Global Spread of Mpox Clade Ib: Challenges and the Role of Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Mpox: A case study for a one health approach to infectious disease prevention.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Review
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Previous human cases or epidemics have suggested that Monkeypox virus (MPXV) can be transmitted through contact with animals of African rainforests. Although MPXV has been identified in many mammal species, most are likely secondary hosts, and the reservoir host has yet to be discovered. In this study, we provide the full list of African mammal genera (and species) in which MPXV was previously detected, and predict the geographic distributions of all species of these genera based on museum specimens and an ecological niche modelling (ENM) method. Then, we reconstruct the ecological niche of MPXV using georeferenced data on animal MPXV sequences and human index cases, and conduct overlap analyses with the ecological niches inferred for 99 mammal species, in order to identify the most probable animal reservoir. Our results show that the MPXV niche covers three African rainforests: the Congo Basin, and Upper and Lower Guinean forests. The four mammal species showing the best niche overlap with MPXV are all arboreal rodents, including three squirrels:
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