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Mpox
This page is medical background from WHO/CDC citations. It is not current-event intelligence.
- Pathogen
- Monkeypox virus
- Transmission
- Close contact, including sexual contact in some outbreaks; animals in endemic settings (WHO).
- Incubation
- Usually 3–17 days (CDC).
- Typical symptoms
- Rash, fever, lymphadenopathy, pain.
- Treatment
- Supportive care; antivirals in selected cases (CDC).
- Vaccine
- Vaccines used for risk groups in some countries (WHO/CDC).
- Historical fatality
- Varies by clade and access to care (WHO).