Current monkeypox outbreak: lessons from ancient history in Egyptian mummies?

Lancet Microbe. 2022 Dec;3(12):e899. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00219-1. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Authors

Ramadan Abdelmoez Farahat¹, Jaffer Shah², Abdelaziz Abdelaal³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt.
² New York State Department of Health, New York, NY 10013, USA. Electronic address: jshah6@pride.hofstra.edu.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; Tanta University Hospitals, Tanta, Egypt.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks
Egypt
Humans
Mpox (monkeypox)*
Mummies*
Paleopathology