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Mpox

  • 28th May, 2024
  • WHO releases strategic framework for prevention and control of Mpox.
  • MPox was formerly known as monkeypox.
  • It is a zoonosis, which spreads from animals to humans.
  • Squirrels, Gambian pouched rats, dormice, monkeys etc. are carriers of this virus.
  • This infectious disease is caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV).
    • It is a species of Orthopoxvirus genus.
    • This virus was first identified in monkeys in the year 1958.
  • It is spread to humans through physical contact with an infected person, contaminated foods, or infected animals.
  • Its symptoms are body rashes, enlarged lymph nodes, fever etc.

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