Mpox Knowledge Hub

Mpox is the updated name for monkeypox as recommended by WHO. Resources linked here may use both/either names.

Information for health professionals

• SBAR Mpox August 2024 - East Cheshire NHS Trust
• Mpox: technical assessment - UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published 27 October 2025
• WHO declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern - UKHSA
• Guidance - Monkeypox vaccination - UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
• Immediate actions in response to cases of Monkeypox Virus in the UK with no known travel history - Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
• Monkeypox: guidance - UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
• Monkeypox outbreak in the UK [Letter] - NHS England and NHS Improvement
• Principles for control of non-HCID mpox in the UK: 4 nations consensus statement - UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Public Health Scotland, Public Health Wales and Public Health Agency Northern Ireland
• Mpox Resources for Health Professionals - Wolters Kluwer content, including UpToDate
• HAIRS risk assessment: monkeypox - UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
• HCID status of mpox (monkeypox) - UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
• Mpox (Monkeypox) - Information for health professionals - Public Health Wales (Welsh language version)
• Mpox (monkeypox) - information for healthcare professionals - Welsh Medicines Advice Service
• Monkeypox - NI Direct
• Monkeypox: how nurses can spot and treat it - and protect themselves (podcast) - Nursing Standard Podcast
• Diagnostic testing for the monkeypox virus (MPXV): interim guidance, May 2024 - World Health Organization (WHO)
• Monkeypox virus taxonomy dataset - National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

Information for patients

• Monkeypox - NHS
• Mpox (monkeypox) - NHS Inform (Scotland)
• Monkeypox - Patient information from BMJ Best Practice
• ​​What is monkeypox and how do you catch it? - BBC News
• Monkeypox (mpox) virus - Patient Info
• Mpox frequently asked questions and vaccination information - The Passionate about Sexual Health Partnership (PaSH)

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Evidence summaries

• Treatment and prevention of Mpox (Monkeypox) - UpToDate
• Mpox (Monkeypox) - StatPearls / National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Mpox (Monkeypox): background information - UK Health Security Agency
• Mpox (Monkeypox) [Health Topics] - World Health Organisation (WHO)
• Orthopoxvirus Infections (including Smallpox and Monkeypox) - DynaMed
• Mpox - BMJ Best Practice
• Mpox outbreak: epidemiological overview - UK Health Security Agency
• Mpox (Monkeypox) virus infections [Health Topics] - MedlinePlus
• Mpox (Monkeypox) Healthcare Hub - Elsevier
• Mpox/Monkeypox PubMed search results - most recent first
• Mpox Trip Database search results

Global information

• Factsheet for health professionals on monkeypox -European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)​​
• Resources for health professionals on mpox (monkeypox) -European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
• Mpox (monkeypox) outbreak 2022 - global - World Health Organization (WHO)
• Mpox - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (USA)

Statistics & data

• ​​Mpox (Monkeypox) - Our World in Data - Oxford Martin School 
• Monkeypox cases confirmed in England – latest updates - ​UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
• 2022-24 Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak: Global Trends - World Health Organization (WHO)
• MPXV Data - Virological