Monkeypox has almost nothing to do with monkeys. Here's why disease was given its misleading name. - Business Insider South Africa

The disease gets its name from its discovery in monkeys in 1958 but humans are usually thought to get monkeypox from African rodents.

More than a hundred confirmed cases of monkeypox in humans have been identified outside of African countries since early May. Monkeypox cases outside of Africa are rare, so this outbreak has raised … [+2147 chars]

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