Mpox: Are measles, chickenpox, and smallpox vaccines effective against mpox? | – Times of India
Mpox virus has affected nearly 115 countries since its major outbreak in 2022. It has been declared a Global Health Emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). Having wreaked havoc in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries, this virus is now threatening to become the next global epidemic.According to WHO, "Mpox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus.It is a viral infection that can spread between people, mainly through close contact, and occasionally from the environment to people via objects and surfaces that have been touched by someone with mpox. In areas where the monkeypox virus is present among certain wild animals, it can also be transmitted from infected animals to people who have contact with them."A potential pandemic?Mpox was once described as a ra...