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ReviewInfectious medicine2023

Monkeypox: A comprehensive review of a multifaceted virus.

Randa Elsheikh, Abdelrahman M Makram, Tamilarasy Vasanthakumaran, Shubham Tomar, Khizer Shamim, Nguyen Dong Tranh, Sara S Elsheikh, Nguyen Thanh Van, Nguyen Tien Huy

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Review in Infectious medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mpox and the one health approach.Dialogues in health · 2026
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  2. Therapeutic Innovations for Monkeypox Inhibition.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  10. Therapeutic potential ofFrontiers in chemistry · 2024
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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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Randa ElsheikhDeanery of Biomedical Sciences at Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, United Kingdom.
Abdelrahman M MakramOnline Research Club (http://www.onlineresearchclub.org), Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Tamilarasy VasanthakumaranOnline Research Club (http://www.onlineresearchclub.org), Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Shubham TomarTata Memorial Hospital, Varanasi 400012, India.
Khizer ShamimDataQ Health, Karachi 75100, Pakistan.
Nguyen Dong TranhOnline Research Club (http://www.onlineresearchclub.org), Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Sara S ElsheikhFaculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt.
Nguyen Thanh VanOnline Research Club (http://www.onlineresearchclub.org), Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Nguyen Tien HuyOnline Research Club (http://www.onlineresearchclub.org), Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Harvard University · USImperial College London · GBNagasaki University · JPTata Memorial Hospital · INUniversity of Edinburgh · GBZagazig University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In May 2022, the world witnessed the re-emergence of the zoonotic disease monkeypox. While this was not the first epidemic of this disease, what differentiated the outbreak was the rapid global spread and increase of cases, which led the WHO to declare monkeypox a global health emergency. Although the disease spreads mainly through inadequately cooked meat of various rodent species, this virus also shows droplet, respiratory, sexual, and even vertical transmission. Monkeypox further multiplies in lymphoproliferative organs and presents with a classical smallpox-like rash, fever, headache, and muscle aches. Diagnosis is confirmed with a polymerase-chain-reaction test and is managed largely supportively with possible usage of some antivirals and immunoglobulins. Moreover, some pre-exposure and postexposure prophylactic vaccines have been developed. This paper aims to conduct an in-depth review of the historical epidemics, transmission, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and management of the monkeypox disease.

Indexed as

MonkeypoxOrthopoxvirusOutbreakSmallpox

Identifiers

PMID38077831
PMCPMC10699692
OpenAlexW4376126070

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Registered trials

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