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Monkeypox

MedGen UID:
124442
Concept ID:
C0276180
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Monkeypox virus infection
SNOMED CT: Monkey pox (359814004); Monkeypox (359814004); Mpox (359814004)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002594

Definition

An infection that is caused by an Orthopoxvirus, which is transmitted by primates or rodents, and which is characterized by a prodromal syndrome of fever, chills, headache, myalgia, and lymphedema; initial symptoms are followed by a generalized papular rash that typically progresses from vesiculation through crusting over the course of two weeks. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMonkeypox

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Huang Y, Mu L, Wang W
Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022 Nov 2;7(1):373. doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01215-4. PMID: 36319633Free PMC Article
Dashraath P, Nielsen-Saines K, Rimoin A, Mattar CNZ, Panchaud A, Baud D
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022 Dec;227(6):849-861.e7. Epub 2022 Aug 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.08.017. PMID: 35985514Free PMC Article
Rizk JG, Lippi G, Henry BM, Forthal DN, Rizk Y
Drugs 2022 Jun;82(9):957-963. Epub 2022 Jun 28 doi: 10.1007/s40265-022-01742-y. PMID: 35763248Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Mitjà O, Ogoina D, Titanji BK, Galvan C, Muyembe JJ, Marks M, Orkin CM
Lancet 2023 Jan 7;401(10370):60-74. Epub 2022 Nov 17 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02075-X. PMID: 36403582Free PMC Article
Thornhill JP, Barkati S, Walmsley S, Rockstroh J, Antinori A, Harrison LB, Palich R, Nori A, Reeves I, Habibi MS, Apea V, Boesecke C, Vandekerckhove L, Yakubovsky M, Sendagorta E, Blanco JL, Florence E, Moschese D, Maltez FM, Goorhuis A, Pourcher V, Migaud P, Noe S, Pintado C, Maggi F, Hansen AE, Hoffmann C, Lezama JI, Mussini C, Cattelan A, Makofane K, Tan D, Nozza S, Nemeth J, Klein MB, Orkin CM; SHARE-net Clinical Group
N Engl J Med 2022 Aug 25;387(8):679-691. Epub 2022 Jul 21 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323. PMID: 35866746
Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, Snell LB, Wong W, Houlihan CF, Osborne JC, Rampling T, Beadsworth MB, Duncan CJ, Dunning J, Fletcher TE, Hunter ER, Jacobs M, Khoo SH, Newsholme W, Porter D, Porter RJ, Ratcliffe L, Schmid ML, Semple MG, Tunbridge AJ, Wingfield T, Price NM; NHS England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network
Lancet Infect Dis 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. Epub 2022 May 24 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00228-6. PMID: 35623380Free PMC Article
Bunge EM, Hoet B, Chen L, Lienert F, Weidenthaler H, Baer LR, Steffen R
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022 Feb;16(2):e0010141. Epub 2022 Feb 11 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010141. PMID: 35148313Free PMC Article
Petersen E, Kantele A, Koopmans M, Asogun D, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Ihekweazu C, Zumla A
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Dec;33(4):1027-1043. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.03.001. PMID: 30981594Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Huang Y, Mu L, Wang W
Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022 Nov 2;7(1):373. doi: 10.1038/s41392-022-01215-4. PMID: 36319633Free PMC Article
Soheili M, Nasseri S, Afraie M, Khateri S, Moradi Y, Mahdavi Mortazavi SM, Gilzad-Kohan H
J Pharm Pharm Sci 2022;25:297-322. doi: 10.18433/jpps33138. PMID: 36130588
Bunge EM, Hoet B, Chen L, Lienert F, Weidenthaler H, Baer LR, Steffen R
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022 Feb;16(2):e0010141. Epub 2022 Feb 11 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010141. PMID: 35148313Free PMC Article
Petersen E, Kantele A, Koopmans M, Asogun D, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Ihekweazu C, Zumla A
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Dec;33(4):1027-1043. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.03.001. PMID: 30981594Free PMC Article
Di Giulio DB, Eckburg PB
Lancet Infect Dis 2004 Jan;4(1):15-25. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00856-9. PMID: 14720564Free PMC Article

Therapy

Hatmal MM, Al-Hatamleh MAI, Olaimat AN, Ahmad S, Hasan H, Ahmad Suhaimi NA, Albakri KA, Abedalbaset Alzyoud A, Kadir R, Mohamud R
Emerg Microbes Infect 2022 Dec;11(1):2600-2631. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2132882. PMID: 36263798Free PMC Article
Singhal T, Kabra SK, Lodha R
Indian J Pediatr 2022 Oct;89(10):955-960. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1007/s12098-022-04348-0. PMID: 35947269Free PMC Article
Rizk JG, Lippi G, Henry BM, Forthal DN, Rizk Y
Drugs 2022 Jun;82(9):957-963. Epub 2022 Jun 28 doi: 10.1007/s40265-022-01742-y. PMID: 35763248Free PMC Article
Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, Snell LB, Wong W, Houlihan CF, Osborne JC, Rampling T, Beadsworth MB, Duncan CJ, Dunning J, Fletcher TE, Hunter ER, Jacobs M, Khoo SH, Newsholme W, Porter D, Porter RJ, Ratcliffe L, Schmid ML, Semple MG, Tunbridge AJ, Wingfield T, Price NM; NHS England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network
Lancet Infect Dis 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. Epub 2022 May 24 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00228-6. PMID: 35623380Free PMC Article
Di Giulio DB, Eckburg PB
Lancet Infect Dis 2004 Jan;4(1):15-25. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00856-9. PMID: 14720564Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Català A, Clavo-Escribano P, Riera-Monroig J, Martín-Ezquerra G, Fernandez-Gonzalez P, Revelles-Peñas L, Simon-Gozalbo A, Rodríguez-Cuadrado FJ, Castells VG, de la Torre Gomar FJ, Comunión-Artieda A, de Fuertes de Vega L, Blanco JL, Puig S, García-Miñarro ÁM, Fiz Benito E, Muñoz-Santos C, Repiso-Jiménez JB, López Llunell C, Ceballos-Rodríguez C, García Rodríguez V, Castaño Fernández JL, Sánchez-Gutiérrez I, Calvo-López R, Berna-Rico E, de Nicolás-Ruanes B, Corella Vicente F, Tarín Vicente EJ, de la Fernández de la Fuente L, Riera-Martí N, Descalzo-Gallego MA, Grau-Perez M, García-Doval I, Fuertes I
Br J Dermatol 2022 Nov;187(5):765-772. Epub 2022 Aug 20 doi: 10.1111/bjd.21790. PMID: 35917191
Thornhill JP, Barkati S, Walmsley S, Rockstroh J, Antinori A, Harrison LB, Palich R, Nori A, Reeves I, Habibi MS, Apea V, Boesecke C, Vandekerckhove L, Yakubovsky M, Sendagorta E, Blanco JL, Florence E, Moschese D, Maltez FM, Goorhuis A, Pourcher V, Migaud P, Noe S, Pintado C, Maggi F, Hansen AE, Hoffmann C, Lezama JI, Mussini C, Cattelan A, Makofane K, Tan D, Nozza S, Nemeth J, Klein MB, Orkin CM; SHARE-net Clinical Group
N Engl J Med 2022 Aug 25;387(8):679-691. Epub 2022 Jul 21 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323. PMID: 35866746
Martín-Delgado MC, Martín Sánchez FJ, Martínez-Sellés M, Molero García JM, Moreno Guillén S, Rodríguez-Artalejo FJ, Ruiz-Galiana J, Cantón R, De Lucas Ramos P, García-Botella A, García-Lledó A, Hernández-Sampelayo T, Gómez-Pavón J, González Del Castillo J, Muñoz P, Valerio M, Catalán P, Burillo A, Cobo A, Alcamí A, Bouza E
Rev Esp Quimioter 2022 Dec;35(6):509-518. Epub 2022 Jul 6 doi: 10.37201/req/059.2022. PMID: 35785957Free PMC Article
Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, Snell LB, Wong W, Houlihan CF, Osborne JC, Rampling T, Beadsworth MB, Duncan CJ, Dunning J, Fletcher TE, Hunter ER, Jacobs M, Khoo SH, Newsholme W, Porter D, Porter RJ, Ratcliffe L, Schmid ML, Semple MG, Tunbridge AJ, Wingfield T, Price NM; NHS England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network
Lancet Infect Dis 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. Epub 2022 May 24 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00228-6. PMID: 35623380Free PMC Article
Weaver JR, Isaacs SN
Immunol Rev 2008 Oct;225:96-113. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00691.x. PMID: 18837778Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Benites-Zapata VA, Ulloque-Badaracco JR, Alarcon-Braga EA, Hernandez-Bustamante EA, Mosquera-Rojas MD, Bonilla-Aldana DK, Rodriguez-Morales AJ
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2022 Aug 10;21(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s12941-022-00527-1. PMID: 35948973Free PMC Article
Orviz E, Negredo A, Ayerdi O, Vázquez A, Muñoz-Gomez A, Monzón S, Clavo P, Zaballos A, Vera M, Sánchez P, Cabello N, Jiménez P, Pérez-García JA, Varona S, Del Romero J, Cuesta I, Delgado-Iribarren A, Torres M, Sagastagoitia I, Palacios G, Estrada V, Sánchez-Seco MP; Grupo Viruela del Simio Madrid CNM/ISCIII/HCSC/Sandoval
J Infect 2022 Oct;85(4):412-417. Epub 2022 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.07.005. PMID: 35830908Free PMC Article
Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, Snell LB, Wong W, Houlihan CF, Osborne JC, Rampling T, Beadsworth MB, Duncan CJ, Dunning J, Fletcher TE, Hunter ER, Jacobs M, Khoo SH, Newsholme W, Porter D, Porter RJ, Ratcliffe L, Schmid ML, Semple MG, Tunbridge AJ, Wingfield T, Price NM; NHS England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network
Lancet Infect Dis 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. Epub 2022 May 24 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00228-6. PMID: 35623380Free PMC Article
Petersen BW, Kabamba J, McCollum AM, Lushima RS, Wemakoy EO, Muyembe Tamfum JJ, Nguete B, Hughes CM, Monroe BP, Reynolds MG
Antiviral Res 2019 Feb;162:171-177. Epub 2018 Nov 14 doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2018.11.004. PMID: 30445121Free PMC Article
Weaver JR, Isaacs SN
Immunol Rev 2008 Oct;225:96-113. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00691.x. PMID: 18837778Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

El-Qushayri AE, Reda A, Shah J
Front Immunol 2022;13:1094346. Epub 2022 Dec 14 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1094346. PMID: 36591217Free PMC Article
Sudarmaji N, Kifli N, Hermansyah A, Yeoh SF, Goh BH, Ming LC
Viruses 2022 Nov 11;14(11) doi: 10.3390/v14112496. PMID: 36423105Free PMC Article
Benites-Zapata VA, Ulloque-Badaracco JR, Alarcon-Braga EA, Hernandez-Bustamante EA, Mosquera-Rojas MD, Bonilla-Aldana DK, Rodriguez-Morales AJ
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2022 Aug 10;21(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s12941-022-00527-1. PMID: 35948973Free PMC Article
Bunge EM, Hoet B, Chen L, Lienert F, Weidenthaler H, Baer LR, Steffen R
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022 Feb;16(2):e0010141. Epub 2022 Feb 11 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010141. PMID: 35148313Free PMC Article
Beer EM, Rao VB
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019 Oct;13(10):e0007791. Epub 2019 Oct 16 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007791. PMID: 31618206Free PMC Article

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