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Sign in to saveMpox (, ; originally known as monkeypox) is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and other animals. Symptoms include a rash that forms blisters and then crusts over, as well as fever and swollen lymph nodes. The illness is usually mild, and most infected individuals recover within a few weeks without treatment. The time from exposure to the onset of symptoms ranges from three to seventeen days, and symptoms typically last from two to four weeks. However, cases may be severe, especially in children, pregnant women, or people with suppressed immune systems.
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Mpox is a viral disease that spreads to humans and animals, causing symptoms like a blister-forming rash, fever, and swollen lymph nodes that typically resolve within a few weeks. While most cases are mild and resolve without treatment, the disease can be more severe in children, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems.
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- Mpox rash on arm and leg of a four-year-old girl in 1971
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- A rash caused by mpox
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- Infectious disease
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- Rash, fever, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, muscle aches, sore throat
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- Secondary infections, pneumonia, sepsis, encephalitis, loss of vision with severe eye infection
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- 3–17 days post exposure
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- 2 to 4 weeks
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- Nomenclature
- Signs and symptoms
- Complications
- Outcome
- Deaths
- In other animals
- Cause
- Transmission
- Diagnosis
- Prevention
- Vaccine
- Other measures
- Treatment
- Diagnostics in resource limited settings
- Epidemiology
- History
- Future threat
- Outbreaks
- United States
- Sudan
- Nigeria
- United Kingdom
- Singapore
- 2022–2023 global outbreak
- 2023–2024 Central Africa outbreak
- 2025-2026
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Mpox (, ; originally known as monkeypox) is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and other animals. Symptoms include a rash that forms blisters and then crusts over, as well as fever and swollen lymph nodes. The illness is usually mild, and most infected individuals recover within a few weeks without treatment. The time from exposure to the onset of symptoms ranges from three to seventeen days, and symptoms typically last from two to four weeks. However, cases may be severe, especially in children, pregnant women, or people with suppressed immune systems.
The disease is caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic virus in the genus Orthopoxvirus. The variola virus, which causes smallpox, is also in this genus. Human-to-human transmission can occur through direct contact with infected skin or body fluids, including sexual contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or via bites or scratches. Diagnosis can be confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing a lesion for the virus's DNA.