An ongoing virus has made us all intrigued and worried, and it is none other than the Monkeypox virus. It was considered to be a rare disease caused by an infection due to the Monkeypox virus. Now on a consistent rise, the zoonosis human Monkeypox (MPX) was originated way back in the year 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease were observed in some monkey colonies kept for research, hence the name ‘Monkeypox.’ Monkeypox virus belongs to an Orthopoxvirus genus in Poxviridae family. The same genus also includes other viruses causing similar diseases, namely cowpox virus, variola virus (cause of smallpox), and vaccinia virus (used in the smallpox vaccine).
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