Monkeypox: A Contemporary Review for Healthcare Professionals

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Boghuma Titanji, Emory University; Bryan Tegomoh, Nebraska Department of Health; Saman Nematollahi, University of Arizona; Michael Konomos, Emory University; Prathit A. Kulkarni, Baylor College of Medicine
• Language: English
• Date: 2022-07-04
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac310
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 7
• Start Page: ofac310
• End Page: ofac310
• Grant/Funding Information: B. K. T. is funded by the Emory Center for AIDS Research Grant Number P30 AI050409.
• Keywords: Life Sciences & Biomedicine; VIRUS-INFECTION; monkeypox; Infectious Diseases; Immunology; SMALLPOX VACCINATION; emerging infectious diseases; VACCINIA IMMUNE GLOBULIN; Microbiology; BRINCIDOFOVIR; TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION; HOST-RANGE; Science & Technology; OUTBREAK; CONGO; MYOPERICARDITIS; outbreak; NIGERIA
• Research Categories: Biology, Microbiology; Biology, Virology; Health Sciences, Immunology

Abstract

The ongoing 2022 multicountry outbreak of monkeypox is the largest in history to occur outside of Africa. Monkeypox is an emerging zoonotic disease that for decades has been viewed as an infectious disease with significant epidemic potential because of the increasing occurrence of human outbreaks in recent years. As public health entities work to contain the current outbreak, healthcare professionals globally are aiming to become familiar with the various clinical presentations and management of this infection. We present in this review an updated overview of monkeypox for healthcare professionals in the context of the ongoing outbreaks around the world.