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Monkeypox, an extremely rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus, seems to be making a reappearance in recent times.

While the disease certainly has the chance to lead to serious complications, monkeypox was practically eradicated following mass smallpox vaccinations, and will most likely be controlled now as well.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease, which means that it has jumped from an animal to humans.

Smallpox vaccines have been shown to be 85% effective against monkeypox, and they played a major role in its eradication in the 1980s.

There are two major strains of the monkeypox virus.