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MeSH Heading: Mpox, Monkeypox
Tree Number(s): C01.925.256.743.615; C22.735.750; C22.795.600
Unique ID: D045908
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D045908
Annotation: human & animal; if in animal, use/vet
Scope Note: A viral disease infecting PRIMATES and RODENTS. Its clinical presentation in humans is similar to SMALLPOX including FEVER; HEADACHE; COUGH; and a painful RASH. It is caused by MONKEYPOX VIRUS and is usually transmitted to humans through BITES or via contact with an animal's BLOOD. Interhuman transmission is relatively low (significantly less than smallpox).
Entry Term(s): MPOXs; MPOXs, Monkeypox; MPOXs, Monkeypoxs; Monkey Pox; Monkeypox; Mpox; Mpox (monkeypox); Mpoxs (monkeypox)
NLM Classification #: WC 584
Previous Indexing: Poxviridae Infections (1967-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2025; see MONKEYPOX 2004-2023 and MPOX (MONKEYPOX) 2024
History Note: 2025 (2004)
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/10/07
Revision Date: 2024/10/07

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0450226
Scope Note: A viral disease infecting PRIMATES and RODENTS. Its clinical presentation in humans is similar to SMALLPOX including FEVER; HEADACHE; COUGH; and a painful RASH. It is caused by MONKEYPOX VIRUS and is usually transmitted to humans through BITES or via contact with an animal's BLOOD. Interhuman transmission is relatively low (significantly less than smallpox).
Terms: Mpox, Monkeypox Preferred Term
Term UI T001144564
Date06/18/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Monkey Pox
Term UI T543362
Date06/16/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Monkeypox
Term UI T542809
Date06/09/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Mpox
Term UI T001144565
Date06/18/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Mpox (monkeypox)
Term UI T001131851
Date01/09/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); MPOXs
Term UI T001144566
Date06/18/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Mpoxs (monkeypox)
Term UI T001144567
Date06/18/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); MPOXs, Monkeypox
Term UI T001144568
Date06/18/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); MPOXs, Monkeypoxs
Term UI T001144569
Date06/18/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025)

Mpox, Monkeypox MeSH Descriptor Data 2025