The Latest on Monkeypox: With focus on the United States of America

Typically infrequent in forested areas of Central and West Africa, monkeypox is a sylvatic zoonosis with incidental human infections. It is brought on by the Orthopoxvirus family member monkeypox virus (MPXV).

There are two monkeypox clades, Congo Basin and West African, according to genomic sequencing, which is compatible with documented variations in human pathogenicity and fatality in the two geographical locations. Both clades can be lethal to people and are spread by touch, droplet exposure from large inhaled droplets, or by bedding and other feces.

The West African lineage of the monkeypox virus is responsible for the bigger human monkeypox outbreak, which includes the 2022 outbreak in the United States. Outside of the African nations where monkeypox is widespread, the United States saw an outbreak in 2022.

Monkeypox had since spread to all states except Wyoming, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico as of August 5.

According to research, gay or bisexual men make up 98% of those who are diagnosed with monkeypox between late April and late June of 2022. In 95% of those who contracted the virus, sexual activity is thought to be how it was spread.

This book contains the most recent facts about the monkeypox virus, with a focus on the United States.