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

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

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 chains of monkeypox have been reported for the first...

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Main Authors: Francesca Ambrogio, Carmelo Laface, Anna Paola De Caro, Daniela Loconsole, Francesca Centrone, Teresa Lettini, Gerardo Cazzato, Domenico Bonamonte, Caterina Foti, Maria Chironna, Paolo Romita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
Mpox virus
MPXV
clinical features
skin lesions
MSM
infectious disease
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/1/36

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