00:00Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958, when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease emerged
00:06in a group of monkeys kept for research, hence it was named Monkeypox.
00:12Later in the 70s, when it started to infect people of Central and Western Africa, scientists
00:17found out that it is a zoonotic disease, meaning a disease that transmits from animals to humans.
00:24It is caused by a virus belonging to the orthopox virus genus that has an oval-shaped appearance.
00:31It also comes from the same family of viruses known to spread smallpox and cowpox.
00:37Though they were first found in monkeys, however, these microbes can also be found in other animals,
00:43especially rodents.
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