Aug 26, 2024 · Mpox is an infectious disease that can cause a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache, muscle ache, back pain and low energy. Most people fully recover, but some get very sick. Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV).

Oct 16, 2024 · Mpox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus. It is a viral infection which can spread between people, mainly through close contact, and occasionally from the environment to people via things and surfaces that have been touched by a person with mpox.

Dec 9, 2024 · Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus called monkeypox virus. It spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has mpox, causing a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever. It can make people very sick and leave scars. The disease mainly spreads from person to person through close contact.

Oct 3, 2024 · Mpox is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus. It spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has mpox, causing a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and fever. It can make people very sick and leave scars. A global outbreak of mpox began in May 2022 and continues to this day.

Mpox. Diseases and conditions. Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses. Other. Neglected ...

13 May 2023 marks 1 year since the start of a rare mpox outbreak in the WHO European Region. Mpox cases rose drastically in the summer of 2022 as the disease swept through the Region. The outbreak has wound down since then, but this does not mean that mpox has gone away. We spoke to Dr Richard Pebody, who leads the High-threat Pathogen team at WHO/Europe to find …

Dec 23, 2024 · It provides details on the latest epidemiological trends, including an update on the global mpox epidemiological situation as of 30 November 2024, and the epidemiological situation of mpox in Africa (including countries in the WHO African Region and some countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region), with data as of 15 December 2024.

On 14 August 2024, the WHO Director-General determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the highest level of alarm under the IHR. Here we describe the …

Aug 19, 2024 · The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), having concurred with the advice offered by the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR or Regulations) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024 during its first meeting, held on 14 August 2024, has determined, on the same date, that the ongoing upsurge of mpox in the …

This is the first time that many mpox cases and clusters have been reported concurrently in non-endemic and endemic countries in widely disparate geographical areas. Most reported cases so far have been identified through sexual health or other health services in primary or secondary health-care facilities and have involved mainly, but not ...