Mpox circulated for five years before global explosion in 2022, research finds

Discovery of hidden transmission of disease formerly know as monkeypox leads to calls for improved surveillanceThe disease formerly known as monkeypox, which spread around the world in an unprecedented outbreak in 2022, was circulating in humans for more than five years before the explosion of cases triggered a global public health emergency, researchers say.The discovery of longstanding, hidden transmission between humans has led to calls for improved global surveillance of the MPXV virus to eliminate the disease, renamedmpox last year, from humans and prevent it from re-emerging.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Mpox Science Infectious diseases Microbiology Medical research World news Source Type: news