mpox
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of monkeypox coined in 2022, chosen in order to discourage racist and stigmatizing interpretations of that word.[1] Coined by Montreal-based RÉZO, in consultation with other Canadian organizations, in parallel with the effort to change the French term.[2] More at Wikipedia (mpox § Nomenclature).
Noun
[edit]mpox (uncountable)
- (pathology) A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by the Monkeypox virus.
- Synonym: monkeypox (former name)
- Hypernym: orthopox
- Coordinate terms: smallpox, cowpox, vaccinia, horsepox, camelpox
- 2022 December 27, André Picard, “What did we learn from a year of outbreaks? Our response to viruses shows we aren’t using our mitigation tools effectively enough”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, page A11:
- Ebola reared its ugly head anew, including recently in Uganda. Mpox spread in strange new ways. Measles and other vaccine-preventable illnesses are making a comeback.
- 2023 June 19, Michael Curtis, Shahin Davoudpour, Anthony Rodriguez-Ortiz, Dylan Felt, Audrey French, “Predictors of Mpox vaccine uptake among sexual and gender minority young adults living in Illinois: Unvaccinated vs. double vs. single dose vaccine recipients”, in Vaccine, volume 41, number 27, :
- Due to the rapid increase in global Mpox cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on July 23, 2022.
- 2024 February, Carmela Pinnetti, Eleonora Cimini, Valentina Mazzotta, Giulia Matusali, Alessandra Vergori, Annalisa Mondi, “Mpox as AIDS-defining event with a severe and protracted course: clinical, immunological, and virological implications”, in The Lancet infectious diseases, volume 24, number 2, published 2023 September 28, :
- The current outbreak of mpox showed a different clinical presentation from classic mpox, with localisation of the lesions predominantly in the anal and genital area and transmission mainly related to high-risk sexual contact.
- 2024 August 15, Apoorva Mandavilli, “How Did Mpox Become a Global Emergency? What’s Next?”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- The W.H.O.’s decision this time was prompted by an escalating crisis of mpox concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It recently spread to a dozen other African countries. If it is not contained, the virus again may rampage all over the world, experts warned.
Translations
[edit]viral disease
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