Why should RNA viruses have all the fun – Monkeypox, a close relative of smallpox and a DNA virus

Suman Thakur¹, Dhanashree Kelkar², Suneela Garg³, Sunil Kumar Raina⁴, Fatimah Lateef⁵, Ishwar Gilada⁶, Vivek Kumar⁷, Sanjeev Bhoi⁸, Sagar Galwankar², Vivek Chauhan^9
1 Department of Microbiology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
³ Department of Community Medicine, MAMC, New Delhi, India
⁴ Department of Community Medicine, Dr. RPGMC, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
⁶ Unison Medicare and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
⁷ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, JPNATC, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
⁹ Department of Medicine, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Vivek Chauhan
Department of Medicine, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_104_22