PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Anna Daunt AU - Geraldine O'Hara TI - Human monkeypox infection AID - 10.7861/clinmed.2022-cme-mpox DP - 2022 Sep 01 TA - Clinical Medicine PG - 387--391 VI - 22 IP - 5 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/5/387.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/5/387.full SO - Clin Med2022 Sep 01; 22 AB - Cases of monkeypox, a double-stranded DNA virus that is closely related to smallpox, have recently increased in non-endemic countries, prompting fears of a new health emergency. Tens of thousands of cases have now been reported globally, with the majority of locations not having historically reported monkeypox. Here we review the epidemiology, transmission, diagnosis, management and prevention of monkeypox.