| This is the first time that monkeypox, a smallpox-related virus usually found in Africa, has infected humans in the United States. |
| EcoHealth Alliance is now a leading voice calling for better tracking and data collection to prevent the next SARS or monkeypox outbreak. |
| The world has recently seen an emergence or re-emergence of infectious diseases such as smallpox, SARS, West Nile virus, and monkeypox. |
| Smallpox vaccine has been reported to reduce the risk of monkeypox among previously vaccinated persons in Africa. |
| Monkeypox is part of a family of viruses that cause human smallpox, cowpox, and camelpox as well as monkeypox. |
| Vaccinia, cowpox, and monkeypox viruses can infect both humans and other animals in nature. |
