Monkeypox: A potential pandemic at door of Asia

Sah, Ranjit; Mohanty, Aroop; Reda, Abdullah; Lashin, Basant Ismail; Abdelaal, Abdelaziz; Rath, Rama Shankar; Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104509

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“…Outside of Europe, monkeypox outbreaks are also occurring in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean region, and the Western Pacific region [ 9 ]. As of November 2022, Brazil ( n = 9655), Colombia ( n = 3630), and Peru ( n = 3359) have the highest observed case numbers in South America [ 10 ], while Israel ( n = 262) displays the highest case numbers in Asia [ 10 , 29 ]. PCR testing has confirmed that current cases in non-endemic countries belong to the West African genetic clade [ 9 ], although the ECDC has determined that first reports of transmission in Europe were not epidemiologically linked to endemic areas of West Africa [ 30 ].…”

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Monkeypox: A Mini-Review on the Globally Emerging Orthopoxvirus

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AlShurman

Sehar

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Monkeypox is a zoonotic infectious disease belonging to the orthopoxvirus family that has predominantly occurred in West and Central Africa since it was initially discovered in 1958. In May 2022, a global outbreak of monkeypox began to occur on an international scale, with case numbers still rising as this review is being written. This mini review sought to analyze the existing literature on monkeypox published from 2017 onward to provide epidemiological context to current outbreaks. PubMed and Google Scholar databases were used to gather both peer-reviewed and grey literature on the routes of transmission, case definitions, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, management, prevention, vaccination, and epidemiology of monkeypox. Epidemiological studies indicate that the age of onset of monkeypox has increased over time. Antivirals, such as Tecovirimat and Brincidofovir, are recommended to manage confirmed cases of monkeypox. Although mass vaccination is not currently recommended, the smallpox vaccine can be used as a preventative measure for at-risk groups, such as men who have sex with men and frontline healthcare workers. Further peer-reviewed research addressing animal reservoirs and sexual transmission dynamics is needed.

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Monkeypox: A Mini-Review on the Globally Emerging Orthopoxvirus

Evans

AlShurman

Sehar

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“…Meaney Delman et al [31], Long et al [32], Lee and Morling [33], and Matias et al [34] showed some procedures for the limitation of monkey pox virus disease. Sah et al showed the monkey pox virus disease in Asia [35]. Lozada Martinez discussed the update of the monkey pox virus disease in the Latin American continent Graphical Abstract 11:135 [36].…”

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The basic reproductive ratio of the 2022 outbreak of the monkey pox virus disease for the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, and Nigeria

Al‐Raeei

2022

Beni-Suef Univ J Basic Appl Sci

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Background A recent outbreak of the monkey pox virus disease (MPVD) started to spread over the world before the second half of the 2022 year. This outbreak of the monkey pox virus disease is known as the 2022 outbreak of the monkey pox virus disease. The monkey pox virus disease is a type of the pox disease similar to the human one. This disease is an endemic in some African countries; however, a new spreading of this disease started to appear in other countries, such as the Spain, brazil, Greece, the United Kingdom, and Portugal, Australia, and the USA. As of the end of September 2022, the MPVD spread over than 107 countries over the world. Results This study focuses on the employing of the simplest model of the diseases forecasting which is SIRD model for the finding of the basic reproductive ratio of the monkey pox virus disease in multiple countries over the world where the disease spreads. The model takes into accounts the number of the susceptible people, the number of the infectious people, the number of the recovered people, and the number of the deceased people. Based on the results of the SIRD model coefficients, we find that the basic reproductive ratio values of the recent spreading of the monkey pox virus disease are 1.3274 for the United Kingdom where the first case of the disease was recorded, 1.0714 for the United Arab Emirates, 1.0866 for Nigeria, 1.5589 for Brazil, and 1.3610 for Canada. Conclusions We find that the average value of the basic reproductive ratio of the 2022 outbreak of the monkey pox virus disease is about 1.2809. This important result of our calculations predicts that the 2022 outbreak of the monkey pox virus disease is turned into pandemic over the world. The things which confirm this result, based on our calculations, are the values of the basic reproductive ratio of the 2022 outbreak of the disease in the considered countries from multiple continents where all the values of the basic reproductive ratio are bigger than one. From this point, the counties over the world must apply multiple procedures for limiting the spreading of the monkey pox virus disease. Graphical Abstract

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“…The first case of Monkeypox (Mpox) infection in humans was first observed in the year 1970 in an infant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa. Till today most cases had been reported across African continent particularly West and Central African counties [ 1 ]. After nearly 30 years, spill-over of the virus took place across America (USA), all cases reported since then had evidence of epidemiological linkage with endemic countries.…”

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“…After nearly 30 years, spill-over of the virus took place across America (USA), all cases reported since then had evidence of epidemiological linkage with endemic countries. By the year 2022, majority of the outbreak cases were being detected in non-endemic countries like Asia [ 1 ]. Till May 2022, no major outbreaks were observed in Asian countries.…”

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