Mpox (Formally Known as Monkeypox)

Molly O'Neill; Tricia LePage; Vanessa Bester; Henry Yoon; Frederick Browne; Eric C Nemec

doi:10.1016/j.cpha.2023.02.008

Mpox (Formally Known as Monkeypox)

Physician Assist Clin. 2023 Jul;8(3):483-494. doi: 10.1016/j.cpha.2023.02.008. Epub 2023 Apr 3.

Authors

Molly O'Neill¹, Tricia LePage¹, Vanessa Bester², Henry Yoon¹, Frederick Browne^{1

3}, Eric C Nemec¹

Affiliations

¹ Sacred Heart University PA Program, College of Health Professions, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06825, USA.
² Augsburg University PA Program, 2211 Riverside Avenue, CB149, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
³ Griffin Hospital, 130 Division Street, Derby, CT 06418, USA.

Abstract

This article reviews Mpox, including its epidemiology, transmission, clinical presentation, diagnosis, prevention, and management and treatment of the virus. This article also investigates the current outbreak of Mpox in nonendemic countries, including the United States. It discusses the high prevalence of Mpox affecting the men who have sex with men community. It examines the social stigma related to disease outbreaks of the past and it provides strategies that should be implemented to prevent stigmatization of the men who have sex with men community with the present-day outbreak of Mpox.

Keywords: Clinical presentation; Mpox (Monkeypox); Orthopoxvirus; Outbreak; Prevention; Smallpox; Transmission; Treatment.

Publication types

Review