(JUNE 23, 2022) Physicians who have never encountered monkeypox may fail to recognize it, said Christina Wojewoda, M.D., associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, in an article in the "Philadelphia Inquirer."
Christina Wojewoda, M.D.
(JUNE 23, 2022) Infectious-disease experts say the official CDC count of people who have been infected with monkeypox is almost certainly an undercount, according to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer titled “The U.S. Has Failed to Identify Some Cases of Monkeypox, But That May Be Starting to Change.” Christina Wojewoda, M.D., associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, who directs the UVMMC microbiology lab, said physicians who have never encountered monkeypox may fail to recognize it. “It might be mistaken for something like herpes or varicella zoster virus [chicken pox] or syphilis,” she said.