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What is mpox?

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Mpox is an infection that starts with a fever, headache, fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes, followed by a rash of raised bumps on the face and body a few days later. It is transmitted by the mpox virus, which is a type of poxvirus that is in the genus Orthopoxvirus. Mpox was previously known as monkeypox.