Chapter 9 - Monkeys, Chickens, and Dustin Hoffman - Monkeypox

Dr. Pritish Tosh, Infectious Disease attending at Mayo Clinic, joins Alex and Venk on the podcast to talk about Monkeypox, especially how it compares and contrasts to Smallpox and Chickenpox. Stick around to the end where an addendum is added to discuss the July 2022 New England Journal of Medicine case series on Monkeypox. Contacts: @AlwaysOnEM - TWITTER [email protected] @VenkBellamkonda - TWITTER References: 1. Thornhill JP, et al. Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 countries - April-June 2022. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jul 21. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323. Online ahead of print. 2. WHO Director-General's statement at the press conference following IHR Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox - 23 July 2022; read July 24, 2022; weblink: https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-statement-on-the-press-conference-following-IHR-emergency-committee-regarding-the-multi--country-outbreak-of-monkeypox--23-july-2022   3. Second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005)(IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox - 23 July 2022; read July 24, 2022; weblink: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-07-2022-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-(ihr)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-multi-country-outbreak-of-monkeypox     

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