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Update on Monkeypox

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene October 18, 2022
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By Audra E. Haynes, RDH, MPH, Susan H. Davide, MS, MSEd and Anty Lam, RDH, MPH

Monkeypox is a viral transmissible disease caused by the monkeypox virus, occurring mostly in Central and Western Africa.1 Endemic to animals in these regions, monkeypox is a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family. The other members include the variola virus, which causes smallpox, the vaccina virus used to help make the smallpox vaccine, and the cowpox virus.2

* References can be found in the original article via the link below.
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