Monkeypox outbreak in the post-eradication era of smallpox
Abstract Human monkeypox (MPOX) which recently hit the headlines is a rare, emerging zoonotic disease, only next to smallpox yet never attended adequately to halt the epidemic outbreak threat.MPOX is caused by Orthopox virus, which is a double-stranded, linear DNA virus, transmitted from infected animals, commonly rodents to humans.Monkeypox is end