Preventing the Next Pandemic: Is Live Vaccine Efficacious against Monkeypox, or Is There a Need for Killed Virus and mRNA Vaccines?

Preventing the Next Pandemic: Is Live Vaccine Efficacious against Monkeypox, or Is There a Need for Killed Virus and mRNA Vaccines?

(1) Background: The monkeypox virus (MPV) is a double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the Poxviridae family, Chordopoxvirinae subfamily, and Orthopoxvirus genus. It was called monkeypox because it was first discovered in monkeys, in a Danish laboratory, in 1958. However, the actual reservoir for MPV...

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Main Authors: Abdelaziz Abdelaal, Abdullah Reda, Basant Ismail Lashin, Basant E. Katamesh, Aml M. Brakat, Balqees Mahmoud AL-Manaseer, Sayanika Kaur, Ankush Asija, Nimesh K. Patel, Soney Basnyat, Ali A. Rabaan, Saad Alhumaid, Hawra Albayat, Mohammed Aljeldah, Basim R. Al Shammari, Amal H. Al-Najjar, Ahmed K. Al-Jassem, Sultan T. AlShurbaji, Fatimah S. Alshahrani, Ahlam Alynbiawi, Zainab H. Alfaraj, Duaa H. Alfaraj, Ahmed H. Aldawood, Yub Raj Sedhai, Victoria Mumbo, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Ranjit Sah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
monkeypox
vaccine
outbreak
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/9/1419

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