Editing Mpox (section)

==Nomenclature==
In 1958, the pathogen that caused mpox was discovered following two incidents where monkey colonies were infected with a pox-like illness for research purposes. It was originally dubbed "monkeypox", but the exact origin of the disease is not known. It is believed that transmission from African rodents and non-human primates, including monkeys, is possible.<ref name="CDC_About">{{cite web | title=About Mpox | website=Mpox | date=September 26, 2024 | url=https://www.cdc.gov/mpox/about/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/about/index.html | access-date=January 16, 2025}}</ref>

Beginning during the [[2022–2023 mpox outbreak|2022 outbreak]], public health experts and researchers, particularly in Africa, had urged the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) to rename the disease.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 August 2022 |title=Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus |url=https://virological.org/t/urgent-need-for-a-non-discriminatory-and-non-stigmatizing-nomenclature-for-monkeypox-virus/853 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525180513/https://virological.org/t/urgent-need-for-a-non-discriminatory-and-non-stigmatizing-nomenclature-for-monkeypox-virus/853 |archive-date=25 May 2023 |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=Virological }}</ref> There had been racist comments on social media associating the disease’s name with African populations. Stigmatizing remarks had also wrongly identified monkeypox as a "gay disease," as gay men, bisexuals, and men who have sex with men are among the most affected globally. This stigma is thought to deter individuals from seeking diagnosis, vaccination, and treatment, reminiscent of the early days of the [[Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS|HIV/AIDS pandemic]] in the 1980s. Additionally, misinformation has incited violence against monkeys in certain regions, wrongly held accountable for transmitting ''monkeypox''.<ref name="w315">{{cite journal | last=Damaso | first=Clarissa R. | title=Phasing out monkeypox: mpox is the new name for an old disease | journal=The Lancet Regional Health – Americas | publisher=Elsevier | volume=17 | date=January 1, 2023 | issn=2667-193X | doi=10.1016/j.lana.2022.100424 | doi-access=free | page=| pmid=36588985 | pmc=9795326 }}</ref><ref name="w318"/>
 
The WHO put forth its approval for the new name Mpox,<ref name=WHO1>{{cite web | title=WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease | website=World Health Organization (WHO) | date=November 28, 2022 | url=https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2022-who-recommends-new-name-for-monkeypox-disease}}</ref> which was gradually adopted as the preferred term in the [[International Classification of Diseases]] (ICD) after December 2023.<ref name="w318">{{cite journal| title=New nomenclature for mpox (monkeypox) and monkeypox virus clades | journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=23 | issue=3 | year=2023 | issn=1473-3099 | doi=10.1016/s1473-3099(23)00055-5 | doi-access=free | pages=273–275 | url=http://www.thelancet.com/article/S1473309923000555/pdf | pmid=36758567 | pmc=9901940 | vauthors = Ulaeto D, Agafonov A, Burchfield J, Carter L, Happi C, Jakob R, Krpelanova E, Kuppalli K, Lefkowitz EJ, Mauldin MR, De Oliveira T, Onoja B, Otieno J, Rambaut A, Subissi L, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Lewis RF }}</ref> The name change retains a connection to [[Poxviridae|poxviruses]] while making it easier to spell in various languages.<ref name="w315"/> The subtypes of mpox virus were also renamed; the [[clade]] formerly known as "Congo Basin (Central African)" was renamed '''clade{{nbsp}}I''', and the clade formerly known as "West African" was renamed '''clade{{nbsp}}II.'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Monkeypox: experts give virus variants new names |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/12-08-2022-monkeypox--experts-give-virus-variants-new-names |access-date=16 August 2024 |website=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) }}</ref> For the purpose of preserving access to historical records to facilitate research, the term ''monkeypox'' and old subtypes names will remain in the ICD database as  searchable terms.<ref name=WHO1/>