Monkeypox Outbreak 2024. Mpox (monkeypox) is a zoonotic infection, caused by the monkeypox virus, that occurs mostly in west and central africa. A pheic is the highest level of alarm under international health law.

Cases of mpox, which the world health. Since early may 2022, cases of mpox (monkeypox) have been reported from countries where the disease is not endemic, and continue to be reported in several.