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. 2022 Jul 14;80:104197. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104197

Table 1.

Comparison between COVID-19 and monkeypox virus [[5], [7], [13], [14], [15]].

COVID-19 Monkeypox
Most common symptoms Fever, cough, tiredness, loss of taste/smell Fever, skin lesions and itching, headache, and lymphadenopathy
Similar symptoms Headache, Fever, Exhaustion, Myalgia
Unique symptoms Loss of taste or smell, Nausea/Vomiting, Congestion, Runny nose Back pain, Lymphadenopathy, Skin lesions on Face (95%), Palms and Soles (95%) and Genitals (30%)
Less common symptoms Conjunctivitis, rash on skin Cough, Conjunctivitis, Sensitivity to light, Hepatomegaly, Tongue sores
Incubation period (Days) 2–14 5–21
Mortality Rate ∼2.1% 3–6%
Route of Transmission Respiratory droplets from infected individuals Animal-to-human through infected bodily fluids/blood/skin lesions and Human-to-human through respiratory secretions, skins lesions or contaminated objects