Monkeypox Vaccination and Cutaneous Considerations for the Dermatologist

J Drugs Dermatol. 2023 Jan 1;22(1):105-106.

Abstract

Monkeypox has infected over 18,000 individuals in the United States since the first reported case on May 17, 2022.1 Monkeypox is a variola poxvirus that is related to smallpox, but monkeypox symptoms (fever, painful vesicular or pustular rash, and lymphadenopathy) are milder and fatalities are rare.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Dermatologists
  • Exanthema*
  • Humans
  • Mpox (monkeypox)* / diagnosis
  • Mpox (monkeypox)* / epidemiology
  • Mpox (monkeypox)* / prevention & control
  • Smallpox Vaccine*
  • United States
  • Variola virus*

Substances

  • Smallpox Vaccine