Recent first report of human-to-dog transmission of Monkeypox virus emphasizes an urgent need of enhancing surveillance and strengthen further explorative research to reveal its real magnitude of reverse zoonosis from other animals including pets as like that happened with SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 pandemic - Correspondence
1 Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal; Research Scholar, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. Electronic address: ranjitsah57@gmail.com.
2 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 273008, India. Electronic address: vivekhada7285@gmail.com.
3 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 273008, India. Electronic address: aroopmohanty7785@yahoo.com.
4 Faculty of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: nalshahrani@uj.edu.sa.
5 Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, R.K. Nagar, West Tripura, Tripura, Pin, 799008, India. Electronic address: chakrabortysandip22@gmail.com.
6 Department of Zoology, Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, Balasore, 756020, Odisha, India. Electronic address: mbhattacharya09@gmail.com.
7 Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, 700126, West Bengal, India. Electronic address: drchiranjib@yahoo.com.
8 Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, 243122, India. Electronic address: kdhama@rediffmail.com.