"Monkeypox" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A viral disease infecting PRIMATES and RODENTS. Its clinical presentation in humans is similar to SMALLPOX including FEVER; HEADACHE; COUGH; and a painful RASH. It is caused by MONKEYPOX VIRUS and is usually transmitted to humans through BITES or via contact with an animal's BLOOD. Interhuman transmission is relatively low (significantly less than smallpox).
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D045908
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MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.743.615 C22.735.750 C22.795.600
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Monkeypox" by people in Profiles.
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Nörz D, Pfefferle S, Brehm TT, Franke G, Grewe I, Knobling B, Aepfelbacher M, Huber S, Klupp EM, Jordan S, Addo MM, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Schmiedel S, Lütgehetmann M, Knobloch JK. Evidence of surface contamination in hospital rooms occupied by patients infected with monkeypox, Germany, June 2022. Euro Surveill. 2022 Jun; 27(26).
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Gordon SN, Cecchinato V, Andresen V, Heraud JM, Hryniewicz A, Parks RW, Venzon D, Chung HK, Karpova T, McNally J, Silvera P, Reimann KA, Matsui H, Kanehara T, Shinmura Y, Yokote H, Franchini G. Smallpox vaccine safety is dependent on T cells and not B cells. J Infect Dis. 2011 Apr 15; 203(8):1043-53.
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Edghill-Smith Y, Golding H, Manischewitz J, King LR, Scott D, Bray M, Nalca A, Hooper JW, Whitehouse CA, Schmitz JE, Reimann KA, Franchini G. Smallpox vaccine-induced antibodies are necessary and sufficient for protection against monkeypox virus. Nat Med. 2005 Jul; 11(7):740-7.