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. 2023 Mar 7;4(4):e277–e283. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00034-4

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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Elsevier has created a Monkeypox Information Center (https://www.elsevier.com/connect/monkeypox-information-center) in response to the declared public health emergency of international concern, with free information in English on the monkeypox virus. The Monkeypox Information Center is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its monkeypox related research that is available on the Monkeypox Information Center - including this research content - immediately available in publicly funded repositories, with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the Monkeypox Information Center remains active.

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Main sources and potential acquisition routes of MPXV that have been documented historically

Infection with MPXV is believed to arise from several combinations of routes of acquisition (percutaneous, mucosal, and respiratory) and sources (humans, animals, and fomites). MPXV=monkeypox virus.