Monkeypox (mpox) virus: Classification, origin, transmission, genome organization, antiviral drugs, and molecular diagnosis

Karagöz, Aysel; Tombuloğlu, Hüseyin; Alsaeed, Moneerah; Tombuloğlu, Güzin; A. AlRubaish, Abdullah; Mahmoud, Amal; Smajlović, Samira; Ćordić, Sabahudin; A. Rabaan, Ali; A. Al-Suhaimi, Ebtesam

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2023.02.003

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Monkeypox (mpox) virus: Classification, origin, transmission, genome organization, antiviral drugs, and molecular diagnosis

Published in Journal of Infection and Public Health • Feb 9, 2023

Authors:

Aysel Karagöz

Hüseyin Tombuloğlu

Moneerah Alsaeed

Abstract

Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the Poxviridae family of the genus Orthopoxvirus with two different clades known as West African and Congo Basin. Monkeypox (MPX) is a zoonosis that arises from the MPXV and causes a smallpox-like disease. The endemic disease status ...

Subject

Monkeypox

Smallpox

Transmission (telecommunications)

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