Human infection by orthopoxvirus

Summary

Human infection by orthopoxvirus (MONDO:0018583) is a disease. A subtype of viral infectious disease — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Europe) [Orphanet-validated]

Clinical features

Epidemiology

Prevalence records

1 prevalence record(s), Orphanet:

Type	Class	Value	Geography	Validation
Point prevalence	<1 / 1 000 000		Europe	Validated

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	human infection by orthopoxvirus
Mondo ID	MONDO:0018583
Orphanet	438279
UMLS	C1532229
MedGen	734973
GARD	0021822
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Disease family

This is a subtype of viral infectious disease. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism › infectious disease › viral infectious disease › human infection by orthopoxvirus

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Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.