Monkeypox: A Review in Indian Context

Emerging and re-emerging zoonoses of diverse etiologies have caused significant morbidity mortality recently. In the past two decades, several viral zoonoses, such as Bird flu, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Hantavirus infection, Nipah virus disease, Rift Valley Swine West Nile SARS, MERS, COVID-19 etc., emerged from different parts world. The latest to list is “Monkey Pox”, which has recently been renamed “Mpox” by WHO. ongoing 2022 multi-country outbreak monkeypox largest in history occur outside Africa. Monkeypox an emerging zoonotic disease that for decades viewed infectious with epidemic potential because increasing occurrence human outbreaks recent years. With case numbers being reported current outbreak, it important healthcare staff everywhere update their knowledge this including its prevention, clinical management, prophylaxis, basics infection control, understand broader implications outbreak. We provide overview serve a primer who may encounter condition practice.