Paleovirology of monkeypox virus: Egyptian animal mummies should be in focus

Affiliations

¹ National Food Safety Authority, Aswan Branch, Aswan, Egypt; Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Aswan Office, Aswan 81511, Egypt. Electronic address: saied_abdelrahman@yahoo.com.
² Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Radiology, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.
³ Department of Family Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; Department of Cardiovascular Perfusion, Department of Medicine, and Department of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.

Comment

AbdulRahman A Saied et al. Lancet Microbe. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;3(12):e900.

doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00298-1. Epub 2022 Oct 25.

¹ National Food Safety Authority, Aswan Branch, Aswan, Egypt; Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Aswan Office, Aswan 81511, Egypt. Electronic address: saied_abdelrahman@yahoo.com.
² Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Radiology, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.
³ Department of Family Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; Department of Cardiovascular Perfusion, Department of Medicine, and Department of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

Current monkeypox outbreak: lessons from ancient history in Egyptian mummies?
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