• Differences and distinctions between covid 19 and monkey pox
  • ali ahmadabadi asl alamdari,1,*
    1. emergency medical service, qazvin medical science university, qazvin, iran


  • Introduction: In December 2019, Covid-19, a virus that causes acute respiratory disease, was identified in Wuhan, China. This new virus caused widespread and rapid infection. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus on January 31, 2020 as a public health emergency and international concern, and the treatment included general supportive care, respiratory support, symptomatic treatment, nutritional support, psychological interventions, etc., but the monkeypox virus was the first Once isolated and identified in 1958 when monkeys were sent from Singapore to a Danish research facility, monkeypox, a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, was endemic in several countries in central and western Africa. Cases of infection in people outside of Africa are often associated with international travel or imported animals. However, the first confirmed human case was in 1970 when the virus was identified in a child in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who had suspected smallpox.
  • Methods: The current research is a systematic review that was studied using the keywords covid19, monkey pox, epidemic in PubMed, Google Scholar, Elsevier, and the desired articles.
  • Results: Case fatality rates of up to 11% have been reported, research has shown that vaccination with the traditional smallpox vaccine confers immunity against monkeypox, but since the eradication of smallpox in 1980, routine smallpox vaccination has been discontinued. Due to the limited knowledge of patients and health workers and the lack of diagnostic tools and treatment protocols, it is challenging for management in this field. This not only limits the level of care provided to those affected, but may also put other patients and health personnel at risk of infection.
  • Conclusion: Monkey pox is a viral disease like covid-19, but unlike it, it is not an emerging disease. The smallpox vaccine creates resistance to the monkeypox virus, unlike the covid-19 virus, human-to-human transmission is negligible and it can be transmitted through contact with large respiratory droplets and skin lesions. Contamination or the creation of a large epidemic like Covid-19 is less
  • Keywords: monkeypox, covid19, epidemic