Recently, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Italy and other European and American countries have reported confirmed or suspected cases of monkeypox. As of the 19th, there have been at least 29 cases, especially the number of cases in the United Kingdom has rapidly doubled. Data show that monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease that occurs in monkeys in the rainforests of central and western Africa, and can also infect other animals, occasionally infecting humans. The symptoms in humans are similar to those of smallpox in the past. But the condition is mild. Monkeypox was first identified in monkeys raised for research in 1958, but the first human cases of monkeypox infection were not recorded until 1970. In 2017, monkeypox re-emerged in Nigeria after more than 40 years, with more than 450 cases reported so far, and at least 8 known cases of overseas transmission. Monkeypox virus, smallpox virus and vaccinia virus belong to the same virus group, which can be transmitted from animals to humans through direct and close contact, and can also be transmitted from person to person. The routes of infection mainly include blood, body fluids, respiratory droplets, mucus, etc. , but requires close contact with infected people, the contagiousness is much lower than the smallpox virus, and ordinary household disinfectants can kill the monkeypox virus. Smallpox was eliminated in 1980, and monkeypox is still .
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