Abstract
In May 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of a confirmed case of monkeypox caused by the Monkeypox virus (MPXV) in the United Kingdom. Following this, there was a rapid spread of the disease in other countries. So far (Sept/2024), there are 107,725 confirmed cases worldwide, with 11,841 cases in Brazil alone. Transmission of MPXV typically occurs between people or wild…