Oral manifestations of mpox A common presentation ?

Mpox (formerly known as “monkeypox”) virus (MPXV) started to appear in humans in 1970 after the eradication of smallpox in 1968. The first outbreak of the disease was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and since then it has spread mainly in the central and western regions of Africa. MPXV is a double-stranded DNA virus of the Orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. Mpox (MPX) was first known as a zoonotic disease transmitted from tree squirrels, rope squirrels, Gambian pouched rats, and other animals. However, evidence has not confirmed a particular reservoir. The disease can be transmitted from animals to humans through direct contact with body fluids or contagious lesions on the animal. It can also be shared between humans through direct contact with skin lesions and contaminated objects. In places of prolonged personal contact (that is, in households), it can be transmitted through the respiratory route, 1 World Health OrganizationMonkeypox. May 19, 2022; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/monkeypoxDate accessed: August 10, 2022 Google Scholar , 2 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMonkeypox Outbreak Global Map. November 22, 2022; https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/world-map.htmlDate accessed: August 10, 2022 Google Scholar , 3 Ahmed M. Naseer H. Arshad M. Ahmad A. Monkeypox in 2022: a new threat in developing. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022; 78103975 Google Scholar which has been documented during the 2022 multicountry outbreak of MPX. Dr. Sah is a research scholar, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and an assistant professor, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, and a faculty member and researcher, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Dr. Siddiq is a pharmacist and researcher, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. Dr. Reda is a faculty member and a researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Abdelaal is a research scholar, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, a research scholar, School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, and a faculty member and a researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, El-Gharbia, Egypt. Dr. Padhi is a faculty member and a researcher, Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Mohanty is a faculty member and a researcher, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, India. Dr. Rais is a general dentist and a researcher, Faculty of Medicine, University of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria. Dr. Cascio is a professor and a researcher, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D’Alessandro,” University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Dr. Rodriguez-Morales is a professor and a researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia, a professor and a researcher, Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia, and a researcher, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru.