Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a potential biological warfare agent of bioterrorism and poses the greatest threat to the world’s public biosafety and health after variola virus (VARV). While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has not ende...
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| description | Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a potential biological warfare agent of bioterrorism and poses the greatest threat to the world’s public biosafety and health after variola virus (VARV). While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has not ended yet, monkeypox is spreading menacingly. The first case of monkeypox in a nonendemic country was confirmed on May 6th, 2022, while the first imported case from Asia was found on June 21st. There were more than 16 thousand reported cases as of July 23rd, the day the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) at the same level as smallpox and COVID-19; while there were more than 53 thousand cases as of September 1st. Therefore, we will propose relevant biosafety prevention and control strategies after analyzing the etiology of the 2022 multi-country monkeypox outbreak from the biological feature, transmissibility, epidemic, and variability of MPXV. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1871a14cce94bc18d989f5200b79b662022-12-22T04:41:52ZengElsevierBiosafety and Health2590-05362022-12-0146376385Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypoxChudan Liang0Jun Qian1Linna Liu2Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510030, ChinaZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510030, China; Corresponding authors: Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China (J. Qian); Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510440, China (L. Liu).Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510440, China; Corresponding authors: Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China (J. Qian); Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510440, China (L. Liu).Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a potential biological warfare agent of bioterrorism and poses the greatest threat to the world’s public biosafety and health after variola virus (VARV). While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has not ended yet, monkeypox is spreading menacingly. The first case of monkeypox in a nonendemic country was confirmed on May 6th, 2022, while the first imported case from Asia was found on June 21st. There were more than 16 thousand reported cases as of July 23rd, the day the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) at the same level as smallpox and COVID-19; while there were more than 53 thousand cases as of September 1st. Therefore, we will propose relevant biosafety prevention and control strategies after analyzing the etiology of the 2022 multi-country monkeypox outbreak from the biological feature, transmissibility, epidemic, and variability of MPXV.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590053622001574Monkeypox virusRe-emerging infectious diseaseBiological characteristicsBiosafety strategy |
| spellingShingle | Chudan Liang Jun Qian Linna Liu Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox Biosafety and Health Monkeypox virus Re-emerging infectious disease Biological characteristics Biosafety strategy |
| title | Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox |
| title_full | Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox |
| title_fullStr | Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox |
| title_short | Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox |
| title_sort | biological characteristics biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi country outbreak of monkeypox |
| topic | Monkeypox virus Re-emerging infectious disease Biological characteristics Biosafety strategy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590053622001574 |
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