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è â Smallpox
- Eradicated 1980 (last natural Somalia 1977)
- Bioterror Category A
- Stockpiles CDC + Russia
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è â Smallpox vs Chickenpox
- Smallpox: synchronous progression, centrifugal (face/extremities dense), severe systemic
- Chickenpox: successive crops, centripetal (trunk), mild systemic
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è â Mpox
- 2022-2024 global outbreak Clade IIb (W African, MSM sexual)
- 2024 Clade Ib outbreak (DRC + neighboring, more severe)
- Reservoir: rodents (not monkeys)
- Synchronous lesion progression
- LAP prominent (distinguishes from smallpox)
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è â Mpox Treatment
- Tecovirimat (TPOXX) â 2024 STOMP trial NEGATIVE for Clade I efficacy
- May still use compassionate / severe / immunocompromise
- Supportive
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è â JYNNEOS Vaccine
- Modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA-BN, non-replicating)
- 2 doses 4 weeks apart
- PrEP for high-risk MSM
- PEP within 4 days (†14)
- Safe in immunocompromise
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è â Mpox + HIV
- Uncontrolled HIV CD4 < 200 â severe disease
- Mortality 5-15% in this group
- ART critical + IRIS monitoring
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è â Molluscum Contagiosum
- Pearly papules with central umbilication
- Children: contact, fomites
- Adults: anogenital sexual
- HIV: extensive / atypical
- Self-limited; cryotherapy / curettage if treatment