It’s time for the final episode in our virology series, which we’re producing in partnership with the American Society for Virology! Last time, we met Dr. Chris Beyrer, Director of Duke University’s Global Health Institute and an expert on all things mpox and HIV. We spoke with him about what mpox (formerly, monkeypox) is, where it comes from, and why outbreaks have been happening around the world in the past year. In this episode, we continue our discussion on mpox by learning more about how it spreads, what the symptoms of mpox are, why it has been such a huge problem for the world’s gay community, and ways we can treat mpox infections. We hope you enjoy this episode, and Happy Pride!

If you have questions for Dr. Chris Beyrer, you can reach him at his email: chris.beyrer@duke.edu.

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Links and Resources

CDC mpox page: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/index.html

CDC page for the mpox Jynneous vaccine: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/interim-considerations/jynneos-vaccine.html

CDC mpox fact sheet: https://npin.cdc.gov/publication/what-mpox

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Credits

Music: ‘Lucky Massive Dangerous’ by Speck

Editing: Michael Dryzer

Intro & Outro: Michael Dryzer

Interviewers: Michael Dryzer and Camille Wouters

Interviewees: Dr. Chris Beyrer

With help from other members of the Sci’more Podcast team!