Reverse zoonosis and monkeypox: Time for a more advanced global surveillance system for emerging pathogens

Afrooghe, Arya; Damavandi, Amirmasoud Rayati; Ahmadi, Elham

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2022.101013

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“…It is unknown at this stage whether non-human species have sub-clinical carriage, or if there is zoonotic transmission from asymptomatic animals, potentially contributing to overall human disease burden. Both the clinical profile of animal cases of MPX, and the potential for sub-clinical infection and transmission in nonhuman species, requires further research [24].…”

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The risk of reverse zoonotic transmission to pet animals during the current global monkeypox outbreak, United Kingdom, June to mid-September 2022

Shepherd¹,

Beard

Brookes

et al. 2022

Eurosurveillance

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We report results of surveillance between June and mid-September 2022 of pet animals living in households of confirmed human monkeypox (MPX) cases. Since surveillance commenced, 154 animals from 40 households with a confirmed human MPX case were reported to the United Kingdom Animal and Plant Health Agency. No animals with clinical signs of MPX were identified. While a risk of transmission exists to pets from owners with a confirmed MPX virus infection, we assess this risk to be low.

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The risk of reverse zoonotic transmission to pet animals during the current global monkeypox outbreak, United Kingdom, June to mid-September 2022

Shepherd¹,

Beard

Brookes

et al. 2022

Eurosurveillance

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“…The MPX-infected people should avoid close contact with their pets, and domestic animals to prevent further spreading of the MPX virus (Seang et al 2022). Zoonosis and reverse zoonosis of MPXV as observed for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus -2 (SARS-CoV-2) causing the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic demands advanced global surveillance and tracking system for emerging and re-emerging viruses for limiting animalto-human and human-to-animal transmissions (Dhama et al 2020;Pramod et al 2021;Sharun et al 2021a;Sharun et al 2021b;Afrooghe et al 2022;Chakraborty et al 2022a).…”

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Monkeypox: An Update on Current Knowledge and Research Advances

Chandran¹,

Dhama

Aslam

et al. 2022

J Exp Bio & Ag Sci

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The resurgence of the disease in humans that is very similar to smallpox called monkeypox (MPX) disease, caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), is the dominant topic of discussion in the scientific and popular press around the world right now. This is taking place as the world celebrates the historic accomplishments made in the fight against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic MPX is currently thought to pose a risk to the general public's health, particularly in areas with high rates of MPXV infection and close human-wild animal contact. Despite the rarity of MPX outbreaks, they are often caused by human-to-human transmission, especially in households and healthcare settings. Recent decades have seen recurrent outbreaks of the MPX after the smallpox disease was declared eliminated and the consequent cessation of smallpox vaccination programs. MPX has presently spread to several countries throughout the world and posed a global public health emergency, with nearly 45000 confirmed cases in 96 countries and locations, and 12 deaths as of August 24, 2022. Even though this viral illness is thought to be self-limiting, its consequences and feasible pandemic potential seriously jeopardize public health. The main approach to avoiding MPX is to adopt appropriate prevention and control measures, increase awareness of risk factors, and inform the public of the steps they may take to reduce viral exposure. Scientific studies are currently looking at the viability and suitability of the MPX vaccination. This article presents a general introduction to MPXV / MPX along with progress in diagnosis, treatment, vaccination, and prevention and control strategies for tackling this global health emergency.

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“…Owing to the animal-type, dependent transmission means and disparity in risk factors, attempts to recognise and eliminate reverse zoonoses through conventional approaches may be unsuccessful. Instead, it may be controlled and/or minimised through state-of-art techniques like Artificial Intelligence [ 16 ]. Contemporary technological advances have been suggested to be used to evaluate movement patterns of pet owners during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to ascertain their infection contact history and inform them on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 [ 17 ].…”

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“…Reverse zoonosis that sparked concerns during earlier epidemics like H1N1 and SARS-CoV-2 should give warnings to a MPXV epidemic threat. Healthcare systems need to be vigilant and upgrade their conventional surveillance systems through AI and IoT, thereby enabling creation of an effectively vigilant global surveillance system to safeguard against future pandemics [ 16 ]. Deeper evaluation of novel approaches which have been initiated during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for their efficacy would probably benefit the monkeypox epidemic fight against a possible outbreak.…”

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Monkeypox plays a similar role like SARS-CoV-2; intensive animal screening is crucial after the first human-to-dog transmission report – Correspondence

Mohapatra¹,

Mishra²,

Kandi³

et al. 2022

International Journal of Surgery

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Reverse zoonosis and monkeypox: Time for a more advanced global surveillance system for emerging pathogens

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

The risk of reverse zoonotic transmission to pet animals during the current global monkeypox outbreak, United Kingdom, June to mid-September 2022

The risk of reverse zoonotic transmission to pet animals during the current global monkeypox outbreak, United Kingdom, June to mid-September 2022

Monkeypox: An Update on Current Knowledge and Research Advances

Monkeypox plays a similar role like SARS-CoV-2; intensive animal screening is crucial after the first human-to-dog transmission report – Correspondence

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