Mpox-A Rapidly Evolving Disease

Authors

Edward W. Cowen, Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Eric R. Tkaczyk, Dermatology Service and Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, Tennessee.
Scott A. Norton, Department of Dermatology, George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Kieron S. Leslie, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2-9-2023

Journal

JAMA dermatology

DOI

10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.0041

Abstract

The 2022 mpox outbreak has rapidly emerged onto the global medical scene while the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike COVID-19, however, most patients with mpox present with skin findings, the evolving clinical presentation of which may be mistaken for other common skin diseases, particularly sexually transmitted infections. This Special Communication provides an overview of the evolution of mpox skin findings from its initial description in humans in 1970 to the present-day multinational outbreak.

APA Citation

Cowen, Edward W.; Tkaczyk, Eric R.; Norton, Scott A.; and Leslie, Kieron S., "Mpox-A Rapidly Evolving Disease" (2023). GW Authored Works. Paper 2424.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/2424

Department

Dermatology