Tag: monkeypox virus

Isolated Mpox Case In India, But Not Part Of Current Outbreak

September 9, 2024 admin

New Delhi: India on Monday reported its first confirmed case of “travel-related” Mpox, or monkeypox, in a young male who tested positive for a strain from western Africa. The patient is in stable condition, the government has said, and is without systemic illness or comorbidities, having already been isolated over the weekend on suspicion of…

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The ‘genomic accordion’ mpox viruses use to evolve, infect humans

April 22, 2024 admin

Poxviruses have long been a cause of fear as well as curiosity for humankind. One particularly infamous poxvirus, smallpox, alone may have killed more than 500 million people in the last century. Smallpox didn’t discriminate between rich, poor, young, old, and killed a third of the individuals whom it infected. The turning point came with…

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