Vieitez Frade, JoanaSousa, InêsMarques, TiagoFilipe, Paulo2023-05-052023-05-052023Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2023 May;41(5):317-3180213-005Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/57367© 2022 Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPX). MPXbelongs to Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family, commonly found in central and west Africa. It’s a viral zoonotic disease, whom host it’s unknown, but African rodents and non-human primates can harbor the virus. The incubation period ranges from 4 to 21 days. The transmission occurs from direct contact with infected skin lesions and/or with contagious materials, by droplet exposure via exhaled large droplets or through the placenta. Until May of 2022, few cases were reported in people from central/western African countries or with some link to that region.engjournal article10.1016/j.eimc.2022.09.0031578-1852