Mpox and HIV—Collision of Two Diseases

J Zucker, A Hazra, BK Titanji - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The global outbreak of mpox has brought renewed attention to a
previously neglected disease which is particularly severe in people with underlying …

Antivirals against monkeypox (Mpox) in humans: an updated narrative review

G Bruno, GB Buccoliero - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
As of 29 August 2023, a total of 89,596 confirmed cases of Mpox (monkeypox) have been
documented across 114 countries worldwide, with 157 reported fatalities. The Mpox …

Mpox virus infection and drug treatment modelled in human skin organoids

P Li, ST Pachis, G Xu, R Schraauwen, R Incitti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mpox virus (MPXV) primarily infects human skin to cause lesions. Currently, robust models
that recapitulate skin infection by MPXV are lacking. Here we demonstrate that human …

Tecovirimat use under expanded access to treat Mpox in the United States, 2022–2023

PA Yu, R Elmor, K Muhammad, YC Yu… - NEJM …, 2024 - evidence.nejm.org
Background During the ongoing outbreak of clade II monkeypox virus (MPXV), many US
patients were prescribed tecovirimat, an antiviral drug that was made available under an …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and viral dynamics of tecovirimat in patients with MPOX: A multicenter open-label, double-arm trial in Japan

Y Akiyama, S Morioka, S Tsuzuki, T Yoshikawa… - Journal of Infection and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Tecovirimat's application in treating mpox remains under-researched, leaving
gaps in clinical and virological understanding. Methods The Tecopox study in Japan …

Development and Pilot of an Mpox Severity Scoring System

J Zucker, J McLean, S Huang… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Clinical severity scores facilitate comparisons to understand risk factors for severe illness.
For the 2022 multinational monkeypox clade IIb virus outbreak, we developed a 7-item Mpox …

Human mpox in people living with HIV: epidemiologic and clinical perspectives from Nigeria

MO Iroezindu, TA Crowell, D Ogoina… - AIDS research and …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is disproportionately affected by mpox and HIV. We described
epidemiologic trends and clinical experiences in the management of mpox in people living …

Mpox (Monkeypox) Virus and Its Co-infection with HIV, sexually transmitted infections, or bacterial superinfections: Double whammy or a new prime culprit?

BM Liu, NY Rakhmanina, Z Yang, MI Bukrinsky - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Epidemiologic studies have established that mpox (formerly known as monkeypox)
outbreaks worldwide in 2022–2023, due to Clade IIb mpox virus (MPXV), disproportionately …

Risk factors for hospitalization and effect of immunosuppression on clinical outcomes among an urban cohort of patients with Mpox

WM Garneau, JL Jones, GM Dashler… - Open Forum …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background During the 2022 mpox outbreak most patients were managed as outpatients,
but some required hospitalization. Uncontrolled human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has …

Therapeutic agents for the treatment of human mpox

M Braddick, KP Singh - Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The 2022 multicountry outbreak of mpox marked a public health emergency. Agents
approved for smallpox management were widely used for mpox, supported by animal and in …