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ReviewCureus2023

A Narrative Review on the Monkeypox Virus: An Ongoing Global Outbreak Hitting the Non-Endemic Countries.

Hira Nisar, Omer Saleem, Fnu Sapna, Sunder Sham, Raja Sandeep Perkash, Nfn Kiran, Fnu Anjali, Ansa Mehreen, Bebu Ram

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In one paragraph

Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Mpox Virus as a Global Public Health Emergency: A Scoping Review.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2025
    Review
  6. Frontiers in immunology · 2025
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
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

9 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Hira NisarNephrology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, PAK.
Omer SaleemOtolaryngology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, PAK.
Fnu SapnaPathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Wakefield Campus, New York, USA.
Sunder ShamPathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, USA.
Raja Sandeep PerkashResearch, Montefiore Medical Center, Wakefield Campus, New York, USA.
Nfn KiranPathology, Staten Island University Hospital, New York, USA.
Fnu AnjaliInternal Medicine, Sakhi Baba General Hospital, Pano Akil, PAK.
Ansa MehreenPathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Evanston, USA.
Bebu RamPathology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA.
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center · PKMontefiore Medical Center · USAkureyri Hospital · ISLenox Hill Hospital · USStaten Island University Hospital · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monkeypox is a rare zoonotic DNA with lineage from the Poxviridae family, Chordopoxvirinae subfamily, and Orthopoxvirus genus. With a previous history of controlled and contained occasional outbreaks of the virus, currently, a widely erupted outbreak of monkeypox with progressively rising numbers has been reported since May 2022 in multiple countries of the western hemisphere that are not historically endemic for this infection, particularly the United Kingdom and European Union countries. We have written a comprehensive review article to help clinicians better understand the disease. The global cessation of smallpox vaccination has been hypothesized to cause the rise in monkeypox infections in recent years. Monkeypox, like any other viral infection, commences with prodromal symptoms; a maculopapular rash with centrifugal distribution usually follows. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirms the diagnosis. Transmission in humans is possible through infected animals or humans. In the ongoing 2022 outbreak, the monkeypox virus has been undergoing novel mutations at an alarming rate. Treatment options for monkeypox are an area that still requires extensive research, and the utility of certain antiviral medications in treating monkeypox infection is currently being explored but is still controversial and debatable.

Indexed as

dna virusinfectionmonkeypoxorthopox virusoutbreakreviewzoonosis

Identifiers

PMID37700987
PMCPMC10493466
OpenAlexW4385762832

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Registered trials

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