Monkeypox

Update of the Genetic Variability of Monkeypox Virus Clade IIb Lineage B.1

From 1 January 2022 to 31 May 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 97,745 laboratory-confirmed Mpox cases, including 203 deaths, across 116 countries. Despite a 2.3% decrease in new cases in May 2024 compared to April 2024, significant …

Monkeypox: Early Estimation of Basic Reproduction Number R0 in Europe

This world outbreak of Monkeypox (MPX) infections outside Africa emerged on May 2022 in Europe and spread worldwide with unique characteristics: inter-human contagion and infection in men without specific previous immunization, prevalently …

Monkeypox: EpiMPX Surveillance System and Open-Data with a Special Focus on European and Italian Epidemic

The current out-of-Africa 2022 outbreak of Monkeypox requires a coordinated, international response through the rapid sharing of real-world data and research results, as seen with COVID-19 and the previous Ebola and Zika. To support global response …