Monkeypox: An Overview

JOURNAL TITLE: Pondicherry Journal of Nursing

Author
ISSN
2279-0144
DOI
10.5005/jp-journals-10084-13144
Volume
15
Issue
2
Publishing Year
2022
Pages
3
Article keywords
Antiviral treatment, Orthopoxvirus, Smallpox

Abstract

The monkeypox virus is a dual-stranded DNA virus that infects humans and other animals. It originally belonged to the Orthopoxvirus genus and the Poxviridae family. It is a human Orthopoxvirus, along with variola, cowpox, and vaccinia viruses. It is neither a progenitor nor a successor of the variola virus, which causes smallpox. Monkeypox is similar to smallpox but has a milder rash and a lesser mortality rate.

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