The UK Department of Health has published a visual description of the stages of rashes caused by the monkeypox virus.
This is a rare infectious disease of animals and humans, which is characterized by fever, general intoxication and the appearance of exanthema (skin rash).
The causative agent of this infection is a virus that scientists refer to the poxvirus family. It was first isolated in 1958 from sick monkeys. It is similar in structure and properties to the human smallpox virus. Studies have shown that monkeypox virus is antigenically more similar to variola virus than to vaccine and vaccinia viruses.