About Trends and Advances in Counteracting Mpox: A Global Public Health Emergency
Trends and Advances in Counteracting Mpox: A Global Public Health Emergency
About this Collection
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The first human mpox (MPX) case was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970 and since then MPX outbreaks have affected several African countries. MPX has long been regarded as a neglected tropical disease endemic to Western and Central Africa. However, in May 2022, cases of monkeypox began rapidly spreading around the world garnering global attention. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) more than 39000 cases have been confirmed since the start of the year and 12 people have died.
WHO recently declared the escalating global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Whilst African populations have existed with MPX for decades, this neglected virus has only recently gained significance internationally due to its appearance in high-income countries.
As we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic the rapid sharing of research results and data is critical in supporting governments around the world respond to this crisis. More research should focus on the needs of endemic countries. Additionally, as identified by WHO, better diagnostic tools, a thorough One Health approach, improved engagement with local communities and research on vaccines and therapeutics should be prioritized in managing the current MPX outbreak. Additionally, adopting and designing appropriate preemptive plans for future outbreaks is needed.
The purpose of this collection is to bring together important research related to any aspect of MPX and to make this information readily available for researchers, educators, health officials and the general public. With this collection we would also like to highlight the work of researchers in Africa who have a wealth of knowledge and experience on this issue, with the aim of making these countries new centers of research on neglected tropical diseases.
This collection welcomes a range of article types including opinion pieces, living systematic reviews, original research articles and many more.
Keywords: monkeypox virus, mpox, outbreak, vaccines, treatment, orthopoxvirus, diagnostics, transmission, epidemiology, control measures, testing
This collection is part of the Emerging Diseases and Outbreaks Gateway, a publishing venue dedicated to open research on Global Disease Outbreaks
Any questions about this collection? Please get in contact directly with Amy Joint (amy.joint@tandf.co.uk)
The first human mpox (MPX) case was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970 and since then MPX outbreaks have affected several African countries. MPX has long been regarded as a neglected tropical disease endemic to Western and Central Africa. However, in May 2022, cases of monkeypox began rapidly spreading around the world garnering global attention. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) more than 39000 cases have been confirmed since the start of the year and 12 people have died.
WHO recently declared the escalating global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Whilst African populations have existed with MPX for decades, this neglected virus has only recently gained significance internationally due to its appearance in high-income countries.
As we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic the rapid sharing of research results and data is critical in supporting governments around the world respond to this crisis. More research should focus on the needs of endemic countries. Additionally, as identified by WHO, better diagnostic tools, a thorough One Health approach, improved engagement with local communities and research on vaccines and therapeutics should be prioritized in managing the current MPX outbreak. Additionally, adopting and designing appropriate preemptive plans for future outbreaks is needed.
The purpose of this collection is to bring together important research related to any aspect of MPX and to make this information readily available for researchers, educators, health officials and the general public. With this collection we would also like to highlight the work of researchers in Africa who have a wealth of knowledge and experience on this issue, with the aim of making these countries new centers of research on neglected tropical diseases.
This collection welcomes a range of article types including opinion pieces, living systematic reviews, original research articles and many more.
Keywords: monkeypox virus, mpox, outbreak, vaccines, treatment, orthopoxvirus, diagnostics, transmission, epidemiology, control measures, testing
This collection is part of the Emerging Diseases and Outbreaks Gateway, a publishing venue dedicated to open research on Global Disease Outbreaks
Any questions about this collection? Please get in contact directly with Amy Joint (amy.joint@tandf.co.uk)