Mpox in children: drawing epidemiologic insights from endemic regions
- 25.02.2025
- Editorial
- Verfasst von
- Viola Savy Dsouza
- Jestina Rachel Kurian
- Angela Brand
- Erschienen in
- World Journal of Pediatrics | Ausgabe 3/2025
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Mpox, or Monkeypox, as previously known, is a zoonotic viral disease that mostly remains endemic and is present within the countries of West and Central Africa. In July 2022, the World Health Organization declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) after the virus crossed borders, consequently drawing global attention. The PHEIC designation was lifted in May 2023, but the resurgence of 2024 (marked by the virulent clade 1b variant) has brought focused attention to critical gaps in surveillance and intervention [1]. The resistance of the variant to tecovirimat, the only approved antiviral, has raised heightened concerns, particularly as a recent NIH study revealed that the drug is safe but ineffective in improving Mpox resolution or pain, which coincides with an alarming increase in cases and fatalities among children in the Congo Basin [2]. …
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- Titel
- Mpox in children: drawing epidemiologic insights from endemic regions
- Verfasst von
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Viola Savy Dsouza
Jestina Rachel Kurian
Angela Brand
- Publikationsdatum
- 25.02.2025
- Verlag
- Springer Nature Singapore
- Erschienen in
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World Journal of Pediatrics / Ausgabe 3/2025
Print ISSN: 1708-8569
Elektronische ISSN: 1867-0687 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-025-00886-7
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