Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India
Review Article
Re-emergence of Monkey pox: Prevalence, Diagnostics, and Counter-measures
Author(s): Harsh Mukati*, Riddhi Mishra, Rahul Patel, Priyanka Nath and Simranjit kour
Monkey pox is an emerging zoonotic disease recognized as the most important orthopoxvirus infection in humans
in the smallpox post-eradication era. While Monkey pox is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it has
been reported in other countries of Central and West Africa as well. The disease was also imported once into the
USA. It manifests with the same symptoms as smallpox, including flu-like symptoms, fever, malaise, headache, back
pain, and characteristic rash. New medications and vaccinations showed promising results for the treatment and
prevention of the disease, but more studies are required to show their efficacy in the actual endemic settings. The
Monkey pox virus is considered a high threat pathogen causing a disease of public health importance. Therefore,
there is an urgent need to focus on building surveillance capacities which will provid.. View More»
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