NIH, Wuhan were working on monkeypox

Wuhan Institute of Virology published on monkeypox research 3 months ago, NIH also have been researching monkeypox treatment Total funding, 9, 824, 009 The funding supports a clinical trial to identify effective treatments for monkeypox A reemerging pathogen A disease of epidemic potential Causes significant morbidity and can result in death Human cases have been increasing in subSaharan Africa since 2000 Sporadic outbreaks outside of Africa have occurred Similarity between MPXV and the variola virus, coupled with concerns about the potential of the variola virus as a potential bioterrorism agent, have placed monkeypox treatments at the forefront of public health and scientific research agendas in many countries. Article in Virologica Sinica Efficient assembl