ABVC Mpox Focus Report – 29 February 2024
ABVC Mpox Focus Report – 29 February 2024
Focus Report
February 29, 2024
ABVC Mpox Focus Report – 29 February 2024
Time Period Covered February 29, 2024 - February 29, 2024
Mpox, once mainly affecting animals in Africa, has emerged as a global concern (Otu et al., 2022). Mpox was used to known as monkeypox because it was first found in monkeys in 1958, the virus then jumped to humans in 1970 (Cabanillas et al., 2023; Carrubba et al., 2023). Because of the change of transmission nature and emerging global pandemics, WHO changed the name into mpox (CDC US, 2022; WHO, 2022a).
ABVC Mpox Focus Report – 29 February 2024