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ReviewAfrican journal of laboratory medicine2025

Mpox: An emerging or re-emerging infection with a potential colossal burden on healthcare globally.

Chikwelu L Obi, Nqobile M Mkolo, Liziwe L Mugivhisa, Modupe O Ogunrombi, Mukhethwa M Mphephu, Clarissa M Naidoo

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Review in African journal of laboratory medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Chikwelu L ObiDean's Office, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-2035
Nqobile M MkoloDepartment of Biology and Environmental Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3631-4522
Liziwe L MugivhisaDepartment of Biology and Environmental Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6112-5478
Modupe O OgunrombiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6599-0813
Mukhethwa M MphephuDepartment of Biology and Environmental Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0535-9648
Clarissa M NaidooDepartment of Biology and Environmental Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9164-8213

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The World Health Organization identified mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), as a resurgent zoonotic epidemic caused by the mpox virus. It is an emerging and re-emerging pathogen with a range of hosts and geographical distribution worldwide. Peer-reviewed scientific articles from 1958 to 29 August 2024 related to global mpox research were extracted from Web of Science What this study adds: This review provides the global situation of mpox as an emerging or re-emerging infection, warranting its designation as an international public health emergency.

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antiviralscladeslaboratory diagnosismpoxvaccines

Identifiers

PMID40470132
PMCPMC12135148

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