Mpox - World Health Organization (WHO) Key facts Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus, a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus
Mpox - World Health Organization (WHO) Mpox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus It is a viral infection which can spread between people, mainly through close contact, and occasionally from the environment to people via things and surfaces that have been touched by a person with mpox
Smallpox - World Health Organization (WHO) Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus family It was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity and caused millions of deaths before it was eradicated
Mpox - World Health Organization (WHO) Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus called monkeypox virus It spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has mpox, causing a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever It can make people very sick and leave scars
Mpox outbreak - World Health Organization (WHO) An upsurge of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its spread to neighbouring countries was declared a public health emergency of international concern on 14 August 2024
Smallpox - World Health Organization (WHO) Smallpox is an ancient disease caused by the variola virus Early symptoms include high fever and fatigue The virus then produces a characteristic rash, particularly on the face, arms and legs
Mpox WHO Europe It was first identified in Denmark in 1958, when an outbreak of a pox-like disease broke out in a colony of macaques being kept for research, and identified in humans in 1970 It has since circulated increasingly in human populations in endemic areas of Central and West Africa In these areas, infection spreads between wild animal species and
Chickenpox - World Health Organization (WHO) Chickenpox, also called varicella, is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) This virus is a member of the herpesvirus family, and humans are the only known natural hosts for
Wabah Mpox (Monkeypox) - World Health Organization (WHO) Since early May 2022, cases of mpox (monkeypox) have been reported from countries where the disease is not endemic, and continue to be reported in several endemic countries Most confirmed cases with travel history reported travel to countries in Europe and North America, rather than West or Central Africa where the mpox virus is endemic
Shingles (herpes zoster) - World Health Organization (WHO) Overview Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral infection that causes a painful rash It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes chickenpox