MonkeyPox is a misnomer, the natural reservoir hosts are rodents. The virus can spillover to monkeys and human but it is a rodent virus. The model organism for MonkeyPox is vaccinia virus.
Orthopoxvirus fact sheet | Genome and expression | Host-virus interactions |
Poxvirus life cycle | Structural proteins | Antiviral drugs |
Vaccines | Nextstrain: Monkeypox epidemiology |