Mpox vaccination in global perspective: priorities and challenges

After the global panic created by COVID-19, the monkeypox (Mpox) virus emerged as a new challenge for the world population. As of 19 January 2023, a total of 84,733 cases across 110 countries/territories including 80 deaths has been reported. The virus has been transmitted to nonendemic countries in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of medicine and surgery 2023-05, Vol.85 (5), p.2243-2246
Hauptverfasser: Rana, Jigyasa, Patel, Shailesh Kumar, Agrawal, Aditya, Channabasappa, Nikhil K, Niranjan, Ankush K, Chandra Das, Bhabesh, Pandey, Megha K, Tiwari, Sita Prasad, Gaihre, Milan
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Zusammenfassung:After the global panic created by COVID-19, the monkeypox (Mpox) virus emerged as a new challenge for the world population. As of 19 January 2023, a total of 84,733 cases across 110 countries/territories including 80 deaths has been reported. The virus has been transmitted to nonendemic countries in a short span of 6 months warranting WHO to declare Mpox, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 23 July 2022. As the Mpox virus is crossing geographical boundaries without established transmission patterns, there is an urgent need for new scientific strategies from global researchers to contain it before turning into the next pandemic. The control of Mpox outbreaks primarily relies on various public health measures such as proper surveillance, contact tracing, rapid diagnosis, isolation and care of patients, and vaccination. At present, there are three vaccines viz. ACAM2000, MVABN, and LC16 are in consideration and have been approved in several jurisdictions for ongoing Mpox outbreak. Prioritization of individuals along with the production of specific Mpox vaccine is need of the hour to meet out the global demand of Mpox vaccination.
ISSN:2049-0801
2049-0801
DOI:10.1097/MS9.0000000000000550