Atypical zoonotic pox: Acute merging illness that can be easily forgotten

Abstract

Pox is an important infection that can cause the acute illness with dermatological manifestation. Apart from the well-known pox infections, the emerging zoonotic pox infections become interesting new issue in infectious medicine. In this short review, the acute illness which results from new important zoonotic pox infections such as monkeypox, cowpox, raccoon pox and buffalopox is discussed and summarized.

Keywords

• Monkeypox
• Cowpox
• Raccoon pox
• Buffalopox