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  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,444 Views
14 Pages

Viroporins of Mpox Virus

  • Kingshuk Basu,
  • Miriam Krugliak and
  • Isaiah T. Arkin

7 September 2023

Mpox or monkeypox virus (MPXV) belongs to the subclass of Poxviridae and has emerged recently as a global threat. With a limited number of anti-viral drugs available for this new virus species, it is challenging to thwart the illness it begets. There...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
8,857 Views
17 Pages

18 April 2023

Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) is an infectious viral illness caused by the mpox virus (MPXV), an orthopoxvirus that belongs to the family Poxviridae. The symptoms of mpox in humans are similar to those of smallpox, although the mortality rate...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
344 Views
7 Pages

Mpox Clade IIb Virus Introduction into Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 2025

  • Tony Wawina-Bokalanga,
  • Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki,
  • Christian Ngandu,
  • Prince Akil-Bandali,
  • Jérémie Kundey-Mafu,
  • Nadege Ngombe,
  • Laurens Liesenborghs,
  • Princesse Paku-Tshambu,
  • Lorenzo Subissi and
  • Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
  • + 34 authors

8 January 2026

Clade I mpox virus (MPXV) is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Recent studies have described the changing epidemiology of mpox in the country, which has been mainly characterized by the emergence of new MPXV lineages, Clade Ib/sh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,439 Views
14 Pages

Phylogenetic Analysis of the Mpox Virus in Sub-Saharan Africa (2022–2024)

  • Millicent Ochieng,
  • Daniel Kiboi,
  • Carolyne Nasimiyu,
  • Eric Osoro,
  • Dorcus C. A. Omoga and
  • Josiah O. Kuja

26 June 2025

Mpox, caused by the Mpox virus (MPXV), is a re-emerging zoonotic disease in the Poxviridae family. Since 2022, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced recurrent outbreaks, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accounting for 96% of the 567 confi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
856 Views
10 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Host Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Response to Mpox Virus Infection

  • Chaode Gu,
  • Caiyun Wang,
  • Chenlu Zhang,
  • Jie Ni,
  • Yun Xia and
  • Hongwei Wang

28 September 2025

Mpox virus (MPXV), a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family, has long been endemic in Africa. The interaction between MPXV infection and peripheral immune responses is of great significance. However, the activation of signaling pa...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,139 Views
9 Pages

Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of the First Imported Mpox Virus Clade Ib Variant in China

  • Yin Song,
  • Yong Yan,
  • Jingyu Xu,
  • Shencong Lv,
  • Ganglin Ren,
  • Yamei Zhou,
  • Wanchen Song,
  • Rui Ge,
  • Peihua Xu and
  • Zhongwen Chen
  • + 1 author

20 January 2025

Mpox, a zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus (MPXV), has seen a significant shift in its epidemiological status since 2022, evolving from an initial local outbreak to a global epidemic. This recent outbreak of MPXV mainly emerged in several Euro...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,634 Views
10 Pages

Evaluation of Cross-Immunity to the Mpox Virus Due to Historic Smallpox Vaccination

  • Giulia Matusali,
  • Elisa Petruccioli,
  • Eleonora Cimini,
  • Francesca Colavita,
  • Aurora Bettini,
  • Eleonora Tartaglia,
  • Settimia Sbarra,
  • Silvia Meschi,
  • Daniele Lapa and
  • Fabrizio Maggi
  • + 15 authors

28 September 2023

When the Mpox virus (MPXV) began spreading globally in 2022, it became critical to evaluate whether residual immunity from smallpox vaccination provided cross-protection. To assess the cross-immune response to MPXV, we collected serum samples (n = 97...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
60 Citations
5,815 Views
14 Pages

15 May 2024

Epidemiologic studies have established that mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) outbreaks worldwide in 2022–2023, due to Clade IIb mpox virus (MPXV), disproportionately affected gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. More than 35% a...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,036 Views
17 Pages

24 February 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the interest in the use of wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) strategy for infectious disease monitoring, especially when clinical cases are underreported. The excretion of monkey virus (MPXV) in the feces of both...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,148 Views
13 Pages

A Subunit Vaccine Candidate Composed of Mpox Virus A29L, M1R, A35R, and B6R Elicits Robust Immune Response in Mice

  • Xuetao Yang,
  • Xidan Yang,
  • Shouwen Du,
  • Congxia Hu,
  • Xiu Yang,
  • Xingyun Wang,
  • Xing Hu,
  • Nino Rcheulishvili,
  • Peng George Wang and
  • Jihui Lin

25 August 2023

With no specific antiviral drugs and preventive vaccines against Mpox virus (MPXV), the epidemic has led to the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. As a developmental direction for new vaccines, studies of subunit vacci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,357 Views
13 Pages

Antibodies Induced by Smallpox Vaccination after at Least 45 Years Cross-React with and In Vitro Neutralize Mpox Virus: A Role for Polyclonal B Cell Activation?

  • Sabrina Mariotti,
  • Giulietta Venturi,
  • Maria Vincenza Chiantore,
  • Raffaela Teloni,
  • Riccardo De Santis,
  • Antonello Amendola,
  • Claudia Fortuna,
  • Giulia Marsili,
  • Giorgia Grilli and
  • Roberto Nisini
  • + 10 authors

17 April 2024

Aims: To evaluate whether antibodies specific for the vaccinia virus (VV) are still detectable after at least 45 years from immunization. To confirm that VV-specific antibodies are endowed with the capacity to neutralize Mpox virus (MPXV) in vitro. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,641 Views
28 Pages

17 October 2024

Mpox, caused by the Mpox virus (MPXV), emerged globally in 2022 with the Clade IIb strain, presenting a critical public health challenge. While MPXV is primarily characterized by fever and rash, gastrointestinal (GI) complications, such as diarrhea a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
237 Views
8 Pages

UV-C Irradiation Effectiveness on Mpox-Virus-Contaminated Surfaces

  • Anna Gidari,
  • Samuele Sabbatini,
  • Carlo Pallotto,
  • Sabrina Bastianelli,
  • Sara Pierucci,
  • Chiara Busti,
  • Giulia Proietti,
  • Alessia Lai,
  • Giuseppe Vittorio De Socio and
  • Daniela Francisci

10 January 2026

Introduction: Mpox virus (MpoxV), an emerging zoonotic pathogen, has recently caused global concern due to increasing outbreaks beyond its traditional endemic regions. While transmission primarily occurs via close contact, fomites are also suspected...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,510 Views
23 Pages

Mpox Virus Infection and Vaccination: Immunopathogenesis and Exploring the Link to Neuropsychiatric Manifestations

  • Helal F. Hetta,
  • Ahmad A. Alharbi,
  • Shumukh M. Alsharif,
  • Tala T. Alkindy,
  • Alanoud Alkhamali,
  • Abdullah S. Albalawi,
  • Hager Hamdy Sayed,
  • Moaiad Eldin Ahmed Mohamed,
  • Yasmine Adel Mohammed and
  • Reem Sayad
  • + 1 author

2 December 2024

Background and Aim: Monkeypox (Mpox) is a viral disease mainly found in central and western Africa, with symptoms similar to variola virus (smallpox) but distinguished by the early lymph node swelling specific to Mpox. This review summarizes the neur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,002 Views
10 Pages

Pre-Clade IIb Mpox Virus Exposure in Ghana: A Retrospective Serological Analysis

  • Christopher Dorcoo,
  • Grace Opoku Gyamfi,
  • Franziska Kaiser,
  • Elvis Suatey Lomotey,
  • Jeffrey Gabriel Sumboh,
  • Robert J. Fischer,
  • Claude Kwe Yinda,
  • Vincent J. Munster,
  • Joseph H. K. Bonney and
  • Irene Owusu Donkor

24 October 2025

Monkeypox virus (MPXV), a zoonotic Orthopox virus endemic to West and Central Africa, causes mpox disease. Although Ghana had no confirmed human cases before 2022, the 2003 U.S. mpox outbreak was traced to rodents exported from Ghana, suggesting pote...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,517 Views
12 Pages

15 November 2023

Mpox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV) belonging to the Orthopoxvirus (OPXV) genus, which includes smallpox and vaccinia virus (VACV). A global mpox outbreak which began in May 2022 has infected more than 88,000 people. VA...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,010 Views
7 Pages

Mpox Virus: Control of In-Hospital Occupational Transmission Experience from a Tertiary Level Hospital in Milan, Italy

  • Angelo Roberto Raccagni,
  • Nicola Gianotti,
  • Matteo Moro,
  • Davide Mileto,
  • Victoria Gordo Perez,
  • Antonella Castagna and
  • Silvia Nozza

8 August 2023

Mpox has caused a global outbreak since May 2022, particularly affecting people belonging to key populations, but cases among healthcare providers have been reported. The aim of this work is to present the experience of the Infectious Diseases Unit o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,905 Views
32 Pages

17 October 2025

Monkeypox (Mpox) has re-emerged as a global public health threat, with recent outbreaks linked to novel mutations that enhance viral transmissibility and immune evasion. The Mpox virus (MPXV), a double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) orthopoxvir...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,137 Views
6 Pages

Mpox Virus in the Pharynx of Men Having Sex with Men: A Case Series

  • Silvia Limonta,
  • Giuseppe Lapadula,
  • Luca Mezzadri,
  • Laura Corsico,
  • Francesca Rovida,
  • Alice Ranzani,
  • Fausto Baldanti and
  • Paolo Bonfanti

20 January 2024

The recent Mpox virus (MPV) outbreak in Europe and North America, primarily among men who have sex with men (MSM), raised concerns about various transmission sources. We examined patients with Mpox from an urban STI center in Lombardy, Italy, between...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,607 Views
11 Pages

Evaluation of Stability, Inactivation, and Disinfection Effectiveness of Mpox Virus

  • Yuwei Li,
  • Shiyun Lv,
  • Yan Zeng,
  • Zhuo Chen,
  • Fei Xia,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Demiao Dan,
  • Chunxia Hu,
  • Yi Tang and
  • Zejun Wang
  • + 3 authors

11 January 2024

Background: Mpox virus (MPXV) infections have increased in many countries since May 2022, increasing demand for diagnostic tests and research on the virus. To ensure personnel safety, appropriate and reliable measures are needed to disinfect and inac...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
17,469 Views
24 Pages

Mpox 2022 to 2025 Update: A Comprehensive Review on Its Complications, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment

  • Rajesh Yadav,
  • Anis Ahmad Chaudhary,
  • Ujjwal Srivastava,
  • Saurabh Gupta,
  • Sarvesh Rustagi,
  • Hassan Ahmed Rudayni,
  • Vivek Kumar Kashyap and
  • Sanjay Kumar

25 May 2025

Monkeypox virus (Mpox virus) is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus that has gained increased global attention due to recent outbreaks. The current review reports the latest update of Mpox cases from 25 February 2022 to 29 April 2025. It also evaluates the poss...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,819 Views
17 Pages

An Mpox Multi-Antigen-Tandem Bivalent mRNA Candidate Vaccine Effectively Protects Mice Against the Vaccinia Virus

  • Jun Zuo,
  • Jiayu Wu,
  • Zhen Zhang,
  • Jinrong Long,
  • Changxiao Yu,
  • Yuqin Liao,
  • Hongsheng Zhang and
  • Jing Yang

31 March 2025

Background: Since the outbreak of mpox in 2022, the disease has spread rapidly worldwide and garnered significant public attention. Vaccination is regarded as an effective measure to prevent the spread of mpox. The success of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,050 Views
14 Pages

Evolutionary Analysis and Antiviral Drug Prediction of Mpox Virus

  • Zhong-Hao Lian,
  • Chen-Hui Yang,
  • Ye Qiu and
  • Xing-Yi Ge

The resurgence of mpox virus (MPXV) poses a significant challenge to global public health. Currently, there is a limited understanding of the evolutionary details of MPXV during its epidemics, and no specific drugs have been developed for it. Herein,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,149 Views
11 Pages

Monkeypox Virus Neutralizing Antibodies at Six Months from Mpox Infection: Virologic Factors Associated with Poor Immunologic Response

  • Angelo Roberto Raccagni,
  • Alessandro Mancon,
  • Sara Diotallevi,
  • Riccardo Lolatto,
  • Elena Bruzzesi,
  • Maria Rita Gismondo,
  • Antonella Castagna,
  • Davide Mileto and
  • Silvia Nozza

26 April 2024

A natural monkeypox virus infection may not induce sufficient neutralizing antibody responses in a subset of healthy individuals. The aim of this study was to evaluate monkeypox virus-neutralizing antibodies six months after infection and to assess t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,490 Views
13 Pages

Enhanced Immune Responses in Mice by Combining the Mpox Virus B6R-Protein and Aluminum Hydroxide-CpG Vaccine Adjuvants

  • Junli Li,
  • Xiaochi Li,
  • Jiaxin Dong,
  • Jiazheng Wei,
  • Xiaonan Guo,
  • Guozhi Wang,
  • Miao Xu and
  • Aihua Zhao

15 July 2024

Novel adjuvants and innovative combinations of adjuvants (Adjuvant Systems) have facilitated the development of enhanced and new vaccines against re-emerging and challenging pathogenic microorganisms. Nonetheless, the efficacy of adjuvants is influen...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,746 Views
21 Pages

Mapping the Landscape of Health Research Priorities for Effective Pandemic Preparedness in Human Mpox Virus Disease

  • Sumit Aggarwal,
  • Pragati Agarwal,
  • Kuldeep Nigam,
  • Neetu Vijay,
  • Pragya Yadav and
  • Nivedita Gupta

14 November 2023

The global re-emergence of monkeypox (Mpox) in non-endemic regions in 2022 has highlighted the critical importance of timely virus detection and robust public health surveillance in assessing outbreaks and their impact. Despite significant Mpox resea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,442 Views
13 Pages

A Single-Tube Two-Step MIRA-CRISPR/Cas12b Assay for the Rapid Detection of Mpox Virus

  • Ge Hu,
  • Zhijie Wei,
  • Jinlei Guo,
  • Kangchen Zhao,
  • Qiao Qiao,
  • Xiaojuan Zhu,
  • Tao Wu,
  • Heng Rong,
  • Shuo Ning and
  • Yiyue Ge
  • + 3 authors

12 June 2025

Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by the Mpox virus (MPXV). The rapid and accurate diagnosis of MPXV is essential for the timely and effective prevention, control, and treatment of the disease. In this study, we combined Multienzyme Isothermal Rapid...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,169 Views
9 Pages

Vaccines and Antiviral Therapies for Mpox Virus in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: Efficacy and Maternal–Child Outcomes

  • Maryum Imran,
  • Myra Sohail,
  • Javeria Kamran,
  • Syeda Qaima Abbas,
  • Khadija Azeem and
  • Emmanuel Korir

22 March 2025

Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), the major public health concern of 2022, has elicited much attention globally. In addition to the usual symptoms observed in smallpox virus infections, infected mothers were found to hold a possible risk of transmi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,949 Views
10 Pages

Mpox (Monkeypox) and the Eye: Ocular Manifestation, Diagnosis, Treatment and Vaccination

  • Yuan Zong,
  • Koju Kamoi,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Mingming Yang and
  • Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

23 February 2023

At present, the world is at the tipping point of the outbreak of mpox. The World Health Organization has declared the current mpox outbreak a ‘public health emergency of international concern’. Mpox has been shown to be associated with se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,602 Views
17 Pages

Repurposing Drugs for Synergistic Combination Therapies to Counteract Monkeypox Virus Tecovirimat Resistance

  • Haydar Witwit,
  • Beatrice Cubitt,
  • Roaa Khafaji,
  • Esteban M. Castro,
  • Miguel Goicoechea,
  • Maria M. Lorenzo,
  • Rafael Blasco,
  • Luis Martinez-Sobrido and
  • Juan C. de la Torre

13 January 2025

The ongoing monkeypox (mpox) disease outbreak has spread to multiple countries in Central Africa and evidence indicates it is driven by a more virulent clade I monkeypox virus (MPXV) strain than the clade II strain associated with the 2022 global mpo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,754 Views
19 Pages

The Mpox virus (MPXV), a zoonotic pathogen from the Orthopoxvirus genus, has emerged as a significant global public health concern, especially after the unprecedented outbreak in 2022. This review synthesizes the MPXV’s molecular features, focu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,682 Views
15 Pages

Global Transmission, Prevention, Control, and Treatment of Mpox Virus in 2025: A Comprehensive Review from Infection Mechanisms to Vaccine Development

  • Quan Quan,
  • Nan Wu,
  • Ying-Hua Luo,
  • Yan-Jun Tang,
  • Yan-Zhi Liu,
  • Xi-Chun Huang,
  • Jun-Hao Li,
  • Wan-Xia Ren and
  • Cheng-Hao Jin

20 October 2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the mpox (MPX) outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 23 July 2022, and 14 August 2024, respectively, underscoring the confirmed and concerning global spread of the disease....

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,943 Views
21 Pages

Mpox and Lessons Learned in the Light of the Recent Outbreak: A Narrative Review

  • Konstantinos Protopapas,
  • Dimitra Dimopoulou,
  • Nikolaos Kalesis,
  • Karolina Akinosoglou and
  • Charalampos D. Moschopoulos

16 October 2024

According to the WHO, more than 90,000 cases of mpox have been reported since the 2022 worldwide outbreak, which resulted in 167 deaths, while a new outbreak in Africa since 2023 has resulted in over 18,000 cases and 617 deaths. Mpox is a zoonosis ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,036 Views
15 Pages

In Vitro Affinity Maturation of Nanobodies against Mpox Virus A29 Protein Based on Computer-Aided Design

  • Haiyang Yu,
  • Guanchao Mao,
  • Zhipeng Pei,
  • Jinfeng Cen,
  • Wenqi Meng,
  • Yunqin Wang,
  • Shanshan Zhang,
  • Songling Li,
  • Qingqiang Xu and
  • Kai Xiao
  • + 1 author

28 September 2023

Mpox virus (MPXV), the most pathogenic zoonotic orthopoxvirus, caused worldwide concern during the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. Growing evidence suggests that the MPXV surface protein A29 could be a specific diagnostic marker for immunological detection. In...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,498 Views
14 Pages

Monkeypox Virus: A Comprehensive Overview of Viral Pathology, Immune Response, and Antiviral Strategies

  • Shiza Malik,
  • Amna Ahmed,
  • Omar Ahsan,
  • Khalid Muhammad and
  • Yasir Waheed

9 August 2023

Background: The years 2022–2023 witnessed a monkeypox virus (mpox) outbreak in some countries worldwide, where it exists in an endemic form. However, the number of infectious cases is continuously on the rise, and there has been an unexpected,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,771 Views
12 Pages

Enhanced Immunogenicity and Affinity with A35R-Fc-Based Chimeric Protein Compared to MPXV A35R Protein

  • Shimeng Bai,
  • Yanxin Cui,
  • Qibin Liao,
  • Hongyang Yi,
  • Zhonghui Liao,
  • Gengwei Zhang,
  • Fenfang Wu and
  • Hongzhou Lu

16 January 2025

The re-emergence of the mpox pandemic poses considerable challenges to human health and societal development. There is an urgent need for effective prevention and treatment strategies against the mpox virus (MPXV). In this study, we focused on the A3...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,617 Views
7 Pages

13 July 2024

Mpox (monkeypox) is a neglected tropical disease that has received increased attention since the multi-nation outbreak that began in 2022. The virus is endemic in West and Central Africa, where the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the most a...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
627 Views
11 Pages

Mpox Insights: From Structure to Human Cell Interaction

  • Md S. Zaman,
  • Robert C. Sizemore,
  • Draven Rodriguez,
  • Emilio Lopez,
  • S. M. Golam Alam,
  • Suleyman Tufa,
  • Juan C. Lopez-Alvarenga,
  • Nuraly S. Akimbekov and
  • Mohammed S. Razzaque

21 November 2025

Mpox, a zoonotic viral disease, has emerged as a global concern due to outbreaks in both endemic and non-endemic regions in 2022. Rodents, including African squirrels and Gambian pouched rats, are suspected key reservoirs, with human infections occur...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,325 Views
24 Pages

Immune Response to MVA-BN Vaccination for Mpox: Current Evidence and Future Directions

  • Joanne Byrne,
  • Patrick D. M. C. Katoto,
  • Bruce Kirenga,
  • Wilber Sabiiti,
  • Andrew Obuku,
  • Virginie Gautier,
  • Patrick W. G. Mallon and
  • Eoin R. Feeney

30 August 2025

The 2022 global mpox outbreak, caused by clade IIb of the monkeypox virus (MPXV), prompted emergency use authorisation of the Modified Vaccinia Ankara–Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccine, previously approved for smallpox prevention. Understanding...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,713 Views
8 Pages

Mpox: Fifty-Nine Consecutive Cases from a Mexican Public Hospital; Just the Tip of the STIs Iceberg

  • Esteban González-Díaz,
  • Christian E. Rodríguez-Lugo,
  • Sergio Quintero-Luce,
  • Sergio Esparza-Ahumada,
  • Héctor Raúl Pérez-Gómez,
  • Rayo Morfín-Otero,
  • Marina de Jesus Kasten-Monges,
  • Sara A. Aguirre-Díaz,
  • Marisela Vázquez-León and
  • Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega

12 June 2023

Monkeypox (Mpox) is a zoonotic viral infection endemic to Africa, which has caused a global outbreak since April 2022. The global Mpox outbreak is related to Clade IIb. The disease has primarily affected men who have sex with men. Skin lesions are co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
440 Views
19 Pages

Unveiling Intra-Clonal Diversity of Monkeypox Virus from Brazil’s First Outbreak Wave

  • Amanda Stéphanie Arantes Witt,
  • João Victor Rodrigues Pessoa Carvalho,
  • Izabela Mamede,
  • Talita Emile Ribeiro Adelino,
  • Felipe Campos de Melo Iani,
  • Maurício Teixeira Lima,
  • Thalita Souza Arantes,
  • Denilson Eduardo Silva Cunha,
  • Rodrigo Araújo Lima Rodrigues and
  • Jônatas Santos Abrahão
  • + 4 authors

31 December 2025

The monkeypox virus (MPXV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen responsible for mpox, a disease characterized by some smallpox-like symptoms, typically mild but occasionally fatal. The largest mpox recorded global outbreak began in May 2022, with over 16...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
989 Views
12 Pages

LAMPOX: A Portable and Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Assay for the Epidemic Clade IIb Mpox Virus Detection

  • Anna Rosa Garbuglia,
  • Mallory Draye,
  • Silvia Pauciullo,
  • Daniele Lapa,
  • Eliana Specchiarello,
  • Florence Nazé and
  • Pascal Mertens

The global spread of Mpox virus (MPXV) underscores the urgent need for rapid, field-deployable diagnostic tools, especially in low-resource settings. We evaluated a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay, termed LAMPOX, developed by Cori...

  • Article
  • Open Access
625 Views
16 Pages

Molecular Aspects of the Emergence of Monkeypox Virus Clades

  • Igor V. Babkin,
  • Irina N. Babkina and
  • Nina V. Tikunova

26 November 2025

Monkeypox virus (MPXV), which previously caused mainly zoonotic infections, is currently the causative agent of the mpox outbreak that began in 2022. Since the mpox outbreak is characterized by sustained human-to-human transmission, the evolutionary...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,789 Views
14 Pages

Human Monkeypox Experience in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Milan, Italy, between May and October 2022: Epidemiological Features and Clinical Characteristics

  • Caterina Candela,
  • Angelo Roberto Raccagni,
  • Elena Bruzzesi,
  • Costanza Bertoni,
  • Alberto Rizzo,
  • Gloria Gagliardi,
  • Diana Canetti,
  • Nicola Gianotti,
  • Davide Mileto and
  • Silvia Nozza
  • + 2 authors

2 March 2023

Background: Monkeypox virus (mpxv) started to spread to Europe and North America at the beginning of the current outbreak in May 2022, and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Human Monkeypox (mpox) as a public health emergency of internation...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,344 Views
11 Pages

Measurement of the Infection and Integrity of Monkeypox Virus: A New Method Using PMAxx-ddPCR

  • Giuseppe Sberna,
  • Eliana Specchiarello,
  • Cosmina Mija,
  • Fabrizio Carletti,
  • Sara Belladonna,
  • Enrico Girardi,
  • Valentina Mazzotta and
  • Fabrizio Maggi

30 January 2025

Mpox, caused by the Monkeypox virus (MPV), is a global public health threat. Virus isolation is the gold standard to confirm MPV infection, but this process can face many challenges. As an alternative, a new method was developed in in vitro settings...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,334 Views
6 Pages

Peri-oral Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Clinical Report with Confirmatory Polymerase Chain Reaction Findings

  • Francesca Ambrogio,
  • Carmelo Laface,
  • Anna Paola De Caro,
  • Daniela Loconsole,
  • Francesca Centrone,
  • Teresa Lettini,
  • Gerardo Cazzato,
  • Domenico Bonamonte,
  • Caterina Foti and
  • Paolo Romita
  • + 1 author

23 December 2022

Mpox Virus (MPXV) is a zoonotic infectious disease first identified in 1970 in rural villages in rainforest areas of central and western Africa when smallpox was in the final stages of eradication. Since May 2022, cases and sustained transmission cha...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,618 Views
10 Pages

Exploring Viral Genome Profile in Mpox Patients during the 2022 Outbreak, in a North-Eastern Centre of Italy

  • Michela Deiana,
  • Denise Lavezzari,
  • Antonio Mori,
  • Silvia Accordini,
  • Elena Pomari,
  • Chiara Piubelli,
  • Simone Malagò,
  • Maddalena Cordioli,
  • Niccolò Ronzoni and
  • Concetta Castilletti
  • + 4 authors

3 May 2024

In 2022, an unprecedented outbreak of mpox raged in several nations. Sequences from the 2022 outbreak reveal a higher nucleotide substitution if compared with the estimated rate for orthopoxviruses. Recently, intra-lesion SNVs (single nucleotide vari...

  • Review
  • Open Access
293 Views
17 Pages

Maternal–Fetal Implications of Mpox Infection: Current Evidence

  • Stefany Silva Pereira,
  • Antonio Braga,
  • Beatriz Bussi Rosolen,
  • Talita Almeida Durães,
  • Marcela Fermoselle de Vita Silva,
  • Giovanna Alves de Britto,
  • Giuliana Augustinelli Sales,
  • Gustavo Yano Callado,
  • Camilla Martins dos Santos Maia and
  • Roberta Granese
  • + 3 authors

5 January 2026

Mpox is an emerging zoonotic infection caused by the Monkeypox virus, an Orthopoxvirus with increasing global relevance following the 2022 multinational outbreak. Historically endemic to Central and West Africa, the disease has evolved from sporadic...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,767 Views
10 Pages

Detection of Multiple Human Viruses, including Mpox, Using a Wastewater Surveillance Approach in Brazil

  • Juliana Calabria de Araujo,
  • Ana Paula Assad Carvalho,
  • Cintia D. Leal,
  • Manuelle Natividade,
  • Marcus Borin,
  • Augusto Guerra,
  • Natália Carobin,
  • Adriano Sabino,
  • Mariana Almada and
  • Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara
  • + 7 authors

Sewage surveillance can be used as an effective complementary tool for detecting pathogens in local communities, providing insights into emerging threats and aiding in the monitoring of outbreaks. In this study using qPCR and whole genomic sewage sur...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,085 Views
11 Pages

Mpox Infection and Endocrine Health: Bridging the Knowledge Gap

  • Christos Savvidis,
  • Manfredi Rizzo and
  • Ioannis Ilias

Mpox (MPX), caused by the Monkeypox virus (MPXV), is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus infection with increasing global relevance due to sustained human-to-human transmission. While primarily known for cutaneous and systemic involvement, emerging evidence sug...

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