Mpox epidemic in non-endemic countries, 2022: non-human primates are not villains!

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Alex Junior Souza de Souza
Ticiana Zwarg
Liura Sanchez Lauri
Marcos Bryan Heinemann
Lilian Rose Marques de Sá

Abstract

Mpox (monkeypox) is a zoonotic disease caused by an orthopoxvirus, species Monkeypox virus (MPXV). Historically, non-human primates (NHPs) and wild rodents participate in maintaining the transmission cycle in endemic regions of Africa. In the current epidemic of human mpox in non-endemic countries, including Brazil, the epidemiological cycle of human mpox shows direct transmission of the MPXV between humans, without the participation of NHPs. The objective of this review is to present historical information and the state-of-the-art of human mpox to guide and provide subsidies about the disease to veterinarians, other health professionals and the population in general, in addition to demystifying the participation of PNHs in the HM transmission cycle in non-endemic countries.

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SOUZA, A. J. S. DE; ZWARG, T.; LAURI, L. S.; HEINEMANN, M. B.; SÁ, L. R. M. DE. Mpox epidemic in non-endemic countries, 2022: non-human primates are not villains!. Revista de Educação Continuada em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, v. 21, 14 Feb. 2023.
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PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE