Ebola reared its ugly head anew, including recently in Uganda. Mpox spread in strange new ways. Measles and other vaccine-preventable illnesses are making a comeback.
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Mpox
//ˈɛm.pɒks//
Synonyms for "mpox" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
42 translations across 33 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- a-pokke noun (viral disease)
- aappokke noun (viral disease)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- meymunçiçəyi noun (viral disease)
Catalan
1 entries- verola del mico noun (viral disease)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 猴痘 noun (viral disease)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- M痘 noun (viral disease)
- 猴痘 noun (viral disease)
Dutch
2 entries- apenpokken noun (viral disease)
- monkeypox noun (viral disease)
Finnish
1 entries- apinarokko noun (viral disease)
French
3 entries- mpox noun (viral disease)
- variole du singe noun (viral disease)
- variole simienne noun (viral disease)
German
2 entries- Affenpocken noun (viral disease)
- Mpox noun (viral disease)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- varyòl senj noun (viral disease)
Hungarian
1 entries- majomhimlő noun (viral disease)
Indonesian
1 entries- cacar monyet noun (viral disease)
Italian
1 entries- vaiolo delle scimmie noun (viral disease)
Japanese
2 entries- エムポックス noun (viral disease)
- サル痘 noun (viral disease)
Kazakh
1 entries- маймыл шешек noun (viral disease)
Korean
1 entries- 원숭이두창 noun (viral disease)
Lombard
1 entries- vareul de li símie noun (viral disease)
Malay
1 entries- cacar monyet noun (viral disease)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- apekopper noun (viral disease)
Persian
1 entries- آبلهمیمون noun (viral disease)
Polish
1 entries- ospa małpia noun (viral disease)
Portuguese
1 entries- varíola dos macacos noun (viral disease)
Romanian
1 entries- variola maimuței noun (viral disease)
Slovak
1 entries- opičie kiahne noun (viral disease)
Spanish
3 entries- viruela del mono noun (viral disease)
- viruela del simio noun (viral disease)
- viruela símica noun (viral disease)
Swahili
1 entries- homa ya nyani noun (viral disease)
Swedish
1 entries- apkoppor noun (viral disease)
Thai
1 entries- ฝีดาษลิง noun (viral disease)
Turkish
1 entries- maymun çiçeği noun (viral disease)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ві́спа мавп noun (viral disease)
Uzbek
1 entries- maymunchechak noun (viral disease)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đậu mùa khỉ noun (viral disease)
Welsh
1 entries- brech y mwnci noun (viral disease)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Due to the rapid increase in global Mpox cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on July 23, 2022.
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The current outbreak of mpox showed a different clinical presentation from classic mpox, with localisation of the lesions predominantly in the anal and genital area and transmission mainly related to high-risk sexual contact.
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The W.H.O.’s decision this time was prompted by an escalating crisis of mpox concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It recently spread to a dozen other African countries. If it is not contained, the virus again may rampage all over the world, experts warned.
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