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Editorial
. 2022 Jun 21;11(7):713.
doi: 10.3390/pathogens11070713.

Monkeypox: Another Sexually Transmitted Infection?

Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales  1   2 , Gustavo Lopardo  3
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Editorial

Monkeypox: Another Sexually Transmitted Infection?

Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales et al. Pathogens. .

Abstract

Monkeypox virus is a zoonotic DNA virus (Poxviridae family), identified in 1958 in Asian monkeys (mostly Macaca fascicularis) in a polio vaccine research animal facility in Copenhagen, Denmark [...].

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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