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
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Genome and expression![]() |
Host-virus interactions![]() |
Poxvirus life cycle
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Antiviral drugs
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Vaccines![]() |
Nextstrain: Monkeypox epidemiology![]() |