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ReviewCureus2023

Making Sense of Monkeypox: A Comparison of Other Poxviruses to the Monkeypox.

Harsha Pattnaik, Salim Surani, Lokesh Goyal, Rahul Kashyap

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mpox and the one health approach.Dialogues in health · 2026
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  3. From neglected to notoriety: a review of Mpox clinical features, virology, epidemiology, treatment and prevention strategies.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  5. Mpox disease, diagnosis, and point of care platforms.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Harsha PattnaikMedicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, IND.
Salim SuraniAnesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.
Lokesh GoyalHospital Medicine, Christus Spohn Hospital, Corpus Christi, USA.
Rahul KashyapGlobal Clinical Scholars Research Training (GCSRT), Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current monkeypox (MPX) outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is a zoonotic disease that has persisted in the African basin for decades but suddenly exploded into the international sphere this year. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of monkeypox, including a hypothesis of the rapid spread of the virus, its epidemiology and clinical features, a comparison with other orthopoxviruses such as chickenpox and smallpox, past and present outbreaks, and strategies for its prevention and treatment.

Indexed as

monkeypoxorthopoxvirusoutbreakpandemicpoxsmallpoxzoonoses

Identifiers

PMID37252521
PMCPMC10212748

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