Below are answers from AAP and CDC experts on some of the most frequently asked questions about how to prevent, recognize, test for and treat monkeypox.
Other resources from the CDC and AAP include:
- AAP News: CDC: Students Exposed to Monkeypox Can Attend School, Those Infected Should Stay Home
- Red Book Online: Monkeypox Virus Outbreak
- HealthyChildren.org: What is Monkeypox?
- CDC: Monkeypox Resources and Information
- CDC: Monkeypox Cases by Age and Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Symptoms