Mpox epidemic status,risk of spilt to animals and its prevention strategies and measures in China
Monkeypox(Mpox)is a zoonotic poxvirus disease recognized by the World Health Organization(WHO)as"a global public health emergency".Mpox 2022 is mainly a epidemic between humans in continents of the Europe and the American.Although some imported cases have not caused great harm and impact due to been effectively identified,isolated and treated in China,but more and more human to human cases have been concealed in communities,and people are worried that they may spread from humans to animals,espe-cially pets,and maybe establishing a new host populations of animal and endangering humans again.It makes the prevention and control of Mpox more complicated and difficult.This review introduces the evolution trend of MPXV strains,epidemiological characteristics,clinical symptoms,harm and trans-mission rules of infected animals,and discusses the prevention and control strategies and measures of animal risk of Mpox spilt from human in China.
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