Evolution in Guidelines For Protection Against Monkeypox Virus Infection Author Peter J. Costa, MPH, MCHES, AVES (Hon) Medical Director, North America Bavarian Nordic Durham, North Carolina Introduction Human mpox (monkeypox) is a viral zoonosis trans.mitted to humans from infected animals in endemic regions of Western and Central Africa.1-4 Mpox was first reported in 1970, 12 years after the discovery of mpox virus (MPXV) in 1958.5-7 Mpox is a member of the Poxviridae family that also includes
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