What Is Monkeypox Virus That Is Spreading in Europe, US

What Is Monkeypox Virus That Is Spreading in Europe, US
A monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak, in an electron microscopic (EM) image. Cynthia S. Goldsmith/CDC
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Monkeypox was first discovered in the late 1950s after cropping up among monkeys kept for research. Like smallpox and chickenpox, it is characterized by flu-like symptoms and pus-filled blisters and sores that appear on the skin.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), monkeypox also disappeared for decades with smallpox’s eradication in 1980.