Monkeypox epidemiology and demographics
Monkeypox Microchapters |
Diagnosis |
---|
Treatment |
Monkeypox epidemiology and demographics On the Web |
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Monkeypox epidemiology and demographics |
Risk calculators and risk factors for Monkeypox epidemiology and demographics |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Case Fatality Rate
- The annual case fatality rate of monkeypox disease is approximately 8.7 %[1].
- The case fatality rate for the Central African clade is (10.6%) significantly higher than that of the West African clade (3.6%), according to pooled data from 28 peer-reviewed articles and 10 reports[1][2].
- Cases detected in the 2022 outbreak in the US and Europe have been associated with the West African clade of monkeypox virus[3].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bunge EM, Hoet B, Chen L, Lienert F, Weidenthaler H, Baer LR; et al. (2022). "The changing epidemiology of human monkeypox-A potential threat? A systematic review". PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 16 (2): e0010141. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010141. PMC 8870502 Check
|pmc=
value (help). PMID 35148313 Check|pmid=
value (help). - ↑ "doi.org".
- ↑ "Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries".