Monkeypox virus is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus that causes a serious smallpox-like illness in humans. Since the global eradication of smallpox in 1977, monkeypox has been considered to be the most important orthopoxvirus infection in humans1,2.
Monkeypox virus is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus that causes a serious smallpox-like illness in humans. Since the global eradication of smallpox in 1977, monkeypox has been considered to be the most important orthopoxvirus infection in humans1,2.