smallpox

Potential pandemic pathogens series: Monkeypox virus

28 september 2023

Abstract Beginning in May 2022, there was a sudden increase in mpox infections worldwide. For a short time, there was concern that this infection, like COVID-19, would spread rampantly. Fortunately, the outbreak of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) has been brought under control and is now largely gone. Still, it…